Re: Melbourne Double deckers

[ajwright@spam.ozemail.com.au (Ashley Wright)]

On Fri, 5 Nov 1999 23:50:43 +1100, "Daniel Bowen"
<dbowen@#DELETE#custard.net.au> wrote:

>Ashley Wright <ajwright@spam.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
>3822932f.6478031@news.ozemail.com.au">news:3822932f.6478031@news.ozemail.com.au...
>> I would think that frequencies from most outer
>> suburbs should be about 10-15 minutes peak and 20-30 minutes off peak
>> to be attractive enough to customers.
>
>A bit less than what we've got now in Melbourne.
>
>Southern and eastern Melbourne lines are now pretty much standardised at 15
>minute frequencies off-peak. Other lines 20 minutes. All lines 20 mins
>Saturdays and Sunday afternoons. 30 mins Sunday mornings, 40 mins Sunday
>nights. Peak varies from about every 4 mins (Ringwood) to 10 (Sandringham),
>with the worst being Upfield (20 mins) and the outer south eastern reaches,
>past Dandenong.
>
>

  Proves my point even more. With frequencies like that then I would
doubt any more services would attract more passengers. Just need to
increase seating capacity to overcome over crowding and to basicaly
decrease your cost per seat making the system more cost efficent.
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