Re: Yarra Trams (melb)

[Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au>]

Dave McL wrote:
> 
> Johann Fan wrote:
> >
> ,
> >
> 
> > Re-launch (don't know about new timetables) of each line starting with No70
> > in the next month or so.
> 
> So with a relaunch, do they upgrade the lines with traffic separation,
> better safety at stops and so on, or is it just an expensive advertising
> campaign to puff up the existing product?
> 
> Will the trams stay green or is there a new corporate colourscheme?
> 

Yarra Trams have said that they will DEFINITELY be introducing a new corporate
colour scheme to their trams.  We don't yet know what it will be - it will be
announced this month.  

> Has work begun on the Mont Albert extension to Box Hill yet? I plan to
> come over for the opening as I grew up in Box Hill and that extension
> had been talked about since I was a kid.
> 

No, and it was only ever scheduled for 2002 - even by the Libs.

I may be sceptical, but there hasn't actually been any specific confirmation
from the new Government that this will proceed.  My suspicion the longer this
absence of support continues is that it could be used as a contractual sacrifice
for something else more dear to the heart of the ALP.  I am keeping a close eye
on the papers hoping to discern any sign of support though.

> David McLoughlin
> Auckland New Zealand