Re: New Tickets for Bayside Trains

["Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>]

Michael <mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in message
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> Paul,
>
> It has already been said that multi-modal ticketing will not be replaced
> completely. In this case, you will still be able to use your multi-modal
> Metcard on any tram train or bus. It has also been said from the start,
that
> private operators would be allowed to introduce their own ticketing
systems to
> run along side, but not completely replace the current multi modal
ticketing
> system.
>
> That said, National bus company have been doing this since 1990, and it
has not
> posed any problems. It is probably good that you have a choice of
ticketing
> systems, since you can decide which is cheaper for you.
>
> Example: Every day i travel both Hillside Trains and Bayside Trains. They
> Bayside-Only offpeak ticket will not work for me, so I shall continue to
use my
> Zone 1 weekly, or Metcard-10. If I happened to be using a Metcard-10 for
that
> week, and I choose to spend a day in the city however, I can purchase a
Bayside
> Trains off peak ticket for nearly a dollar less than I would for the
equivilent
> Zone 1 ticket.
>
> I used to be against privatisation, and I still am to an extent as far as
other
> utilities go. I do however see the privatisation of public transport as a
long
> needed change from government control. The government do not have the
first
> clue on how to operate a railway, from my point of view, and have probably
done
> us a good thing by selling it off.
>
> I do however disagree with the trams being split into two companies, and
rail
> being split into four companies. There is no need for it, and it is
creating
> waste. By the time Bayside Trains and Hillside Trains build their new
EMU's we
> will have two sets of trains, that can only be run in their designated
areas.
> For example, at Flinders Street, we see that the 12:16 down Hurstbridge is
> running very late, or better still, it got cancelled due to a defective
train
> up the line somewhere. There may be a train ex. Cranbourne as an example,
which
> is tabled to be terminated and stabled say, arriving at Flinders Street at
> 12:14. This up cranbourne could then form the said down Hurstbridge that
went
> missing up the line somewhere. It does not take a genius to work this out.
>
> That said, it also doesnt take a genius to work out that the government
and our
> so-called Wonder-Kennett(tm) doesnt have a clue as far as rail goes. I
also
> knew from the very start that with the split in systems, that no one
company
> would win more than two portions of the same transport operator.
>
> i.e. the Freight Victoria consortium, no matter how much better their
offer may
> have been, will not have won V/Line pass, just as National Express would
not
> have won Hillside Trains, etc.
>
> This was simply Wonder-Kennett(tm)'s measure of keeping things
complicated.
>
> All in all, privatisation is good, just not how it happened to a big
extent. I
> am just glad that our ticketing will remain the same, bit while we still
have
> stupid people, and sheep impersonators, we will always have our Wonder-
> Kennett(tm).
>
> Regards,
> Michael "Feel free to flame me for my political opinion".
>
Michael,

how could I ever Flame you????

With views like that you have my sympathy!!!!!!!!!!

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Bob