It also runs on Lilydale ex Flinders Street 1:55pm and returns to form Box
Hill 4:09pm
> The government won't pay
>for more trains, and the PTC supremo didn't like double deck. Given that
>the Frankston loop is so saturated that PTC had to remove Sandringham
>trains from it, increasing the route availability and running more dd
>trains would make great sense, then *all* trains could run via the loop,
>solving many problems at the recently-reduced Flinders St station.
I think that the privatised PTC should see some new rolling stock being
bought...
maybe dd, but probably more likely more 3-car single deckers.... considering
the cost of raising bridges, etc,
cheers
Johann
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>Regards
>Roderick Smith
>Rail News Victoria Editor
>
>David Penna <djpenna@one.net.au> wrote in article
><3521A6D6.166E@one.net.au>...
>> Sorry if you've been over this before, but I'm just curious as to
>> whatever happened with the Tangara trains they were trialling in
>> Melbourne. I notice there's still a couple hanging around, but were they
>
>> a dismal failure or is there no $$$$$$$?
>>