Re: Melbourne frequencies (was Double deckers)

[Richard <richard_snook@primus.com.au>]

Have oftern wondered the chickenand egg myself..in todays service orientated frame of mind you need to provide the
service first, then the customers may/may-not come. I feel that if they addressed te issues of what the customer wants
then try to develop a peth to that level of service from their existing status.
It has always anoyed me aswell as to the "selected" location of the Zone3's...obviously only where they feel they can
get away with it...Hurstbridge seems just as far to me as Frankston or Dandenong.
So either we all pay , or we dont!!
Also with the west picking up, it would stand to reason(definitely no guarantee of commonsense) that services are
redesigned and made somewhat more regular.

cheers >:~)) Richard

Vaughan Williams wrote:

> I have often wondered whether the lower frequencies in the north and
> west are for political reasons or patronage reasons.
>
> Either they offer better service on Frankenstein, Dandenong & Ringwood
> lines because they pass through a lot of marginal seats, or because the
> patronage is better (triggering the chicken-and-egg argument about
> which came first, the poor service or the low patronage).
>
> From when I lived in the outer west just beyond the Zone 2 boundary I
> also found it very unfair that zone 3 existed on the east and south but
> not the north and west. To add insult to injury you had to pay the fare
> from Sunbury or Bacchus Marsh to the city twice if you already had a
> metro ticket.
>