Re: Changes in Melbourne

["David Proctor" <daproc@bigfoot.com>]

Mick Stock <mzs@eastwood.apana.org.au> wrote in article
<Pine.LNX.3.96.980116211828.17753A-100000@eastwood.apana.org.au>...
<scissors out - big snip>

> What we need on the Lilydale & Belgrave lines during the weekend is as
> follows:
> 
>     Saturday:  Keep current timetable until about 7:45am, then use
> existing Sunday t/t until about 6:30pm, then revert to current Sat t/t
for
> the rest of the night, OR new timetable after 7:45am - same as weekdays,
> but without peak period extras??  Considering that most trains on Sat are
> packed, this would be a good thing! Better still, run 6-car trains all
> day. 
> 
>     Sunday:    Use current Saturday t/t until about 7:45am, then old Sun
> t/t for the rest of the day/night.
> 
>     This will give travellers on both lines a regular 30 min daytime
> service (as we currently get on weekdays), plus the extra trains for
early
> Sunday mornings.  

To save costs, why dont they jsut run a half-hourly, six car train to
Ringwood and divide it there - three cars to Belgrave and three cars to
Lilydale? On the return the sets would combine at Ringwood. This would save
on crewing costs, at the same time as providing a half-hourly service.

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Regards

David Proctor
daproc@bigfoot.com