Re: melbourne transit in Maryland

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

This advertisement was reported to me earlier.  The summary (which appeared
in July 99 RNV) indicated:
Filmed in Melbourne,
Z3 tram (not Z1),
Hitachi trains (so 211M would be valid),
Filmed at 'track 3' (Richmond or South Yarra).
Victoria Australia platforms are signed as platforms, not tracks: the sign
was a doctoring to suit the target audience.

-- 
Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Paul Gilchrist <paulg@alphalink.com.au> wrote in article
<37a443c0.2740101@news-server>...
> In a TV commercial for Bell Atlantic Mobile, here 
> on the East Coast of the US, amidst a plethora of 
> other urban scenes we see a Z1 tram and a Hitachi 
> motor car, numbered M211 if my slomo is 
> sufficiently clear. Does this seem like a valid numbering?
> The ad was probably filmed in Melbourne, where it 
> is cheaper than the US, tho clearly the impression 
> to be given is that it is stateside, i.e. the only 
> car we clearly see is a LH drive convertible. 
> The platform scene shows a sign labelled Track 5, 
> which seems a more American term than our "Platform". Is this how
> stations in Melbourne are signed?