Re: Melbourne frequencies (was Double deckers)

["Graeme" <gvrail@thatsent.com.au>]

Richard I've just sent a group reply re frequencies it should appear
somewhere here real soon.  You might care to have a look!!!

Regards

Graeme

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Graeme Vellacott
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Richard <richard_snook@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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> 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.
> >
>