Re: Whats it like in Melb?

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> Is anyone able to say why the trains are "intimidating" at night?
>
> It's a good few years now since I have been on a night train in
> Melbourne, as on my frequent visits "home" I have usually used the trams
> at night and always found them safe.
>
> Are there muggers on the trains at night, or just the drunks and other
> unpleasant types who used to be on them when I was a kid living in Box
> Hill in the 1970s?
>
> David McLoughlin
> Auckland New Zealand

  Hi David,

It is just the drunks and junkies and some unpleasant types.  Doesn't mean
it's not intimidating :)  Doesn't mean it can't also be entertaining too.
Got a great reportaire of jokes overheard one late night train ride going
home from work.

Leah