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Re: Bus/train/tram integration (Melb)
- Subject: Re: Bus/train/tram integration (Melb)
- From: Gareth Lumsden <s9763278@minyos.its.rmit.edu.au>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 13:37:11 +1100
- In-Reply-To: <910786347.53431@woody.hotkey.net.au>
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
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On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Michael Walker wrote:
> The last Route 517 is just as bad - if you want a wild ride, catch
> the 7.31pm to St. Helena West, especially if it gets to Greensborough late
> which it usually seems to. To annoy the bus driver, stay on past the corner
> of Marino Way and Aqueduct Road, they are supposed to go back to
> Greensborough before finishing but half the time they keep going up Aqueduct
> Road and down Diamond Creek Road then the Ring Road. I suppose this way they
> get home 15 minutes early, unlike anyone who is stupid enough or doesn't
> live around the area and waits for the bus past this point and has a 40
> minute walk to the station in front of them...8^(
I know all about the Bell St Bus Company shinanigans.
Before I moved to Watsonia I used to catch them every day to and from
Viewbank/Rosanna East. I remember one day catching a bus from Viewbank to
Greensborough, which arrived at Greensborough 9 (nine) minutes early - and
he didn't even wait around for his scheduled departure time! At least I
made my train from Greensboro!
Then again, the Bell St Bus Co. are not / were not as bad as East West Bus
Co. are / was. Buses on the route 560 were up to 20 mins laste, and
drivers didn't even seem to care!!
That's my whinge for today!
Gareth