Re: Melbourne Double deckers

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@#DELETE#custard.net.au>]

Hi Graeme,

I didn't actually express any views on frequencies - I just stated what they
are. (Well, approximately; someone pointed out that I didn't mention some
variations on services past Ringwood).


Daniel
--
Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
dbowen at custard dot net dot au

Graeme <gvrail@thatsent.com.au> wrote in message
3823ca5f$0$21301@motown.iinet.net.au">news:3823ca5f$0$21301@motown.iinet.net.au...
> Daniel
>
> I'm sorry I can't agree with your views on frequencies.  In Perth, THE
MOST
> CAR DOMINATED CITY IN AUSTRALIA, getting people onto the trains required
> very frequent services.  Because rail is capital intensive the added
labour
> cost on driver only trains to increase frequencies is by comparison small.
> The minimum frequency on the heavy routes into Melbourne should be 3
minutes
> peak hour, 7.5 minutes off peak.  15 minutes very early morning and late
at
> night.  Perth might be small and people are saying you can't compare Perth
> and Melbourne/Sydney, but you can.  Our busiest line carries just 35,000
> people per day and we use the frequencies described above.  On the
Fremantle
> Line which was closed in 1979 and replaced with buses, we increased
> frequency from half hourly in the off peak to every 15 minutes and the
peak
> from every 20 minutes to 10 minutes.  Traffic increased from 8,000 per day
> to 25,000 pax per day.
>
> --
> Graeme Vellacott
> PO Box 322
> CANNINGTON 6987
> AUSTRALIA
> Email:   gvrail@thatsent.com.au
> Ph/Fax: +61 8 9451 5630
> Daniel Bowen <dbowen@#DELETE#custard.net.au> wrote in message
> wlAU3.1505$vO2.7843@ozemail.com.au">news:wlAU3.1505$vO2.7843@ozemail.com.au...
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > Daniel
> > --
> > Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> > dbowen at custard dot net dot au
> >
> >
>
>