Re: Tram Announcements: another Victorian election conspiracy theory

[neumannc <neumannc@ozemail.com.au>]

Michael Walker wrote:
> 
> Maybe some of you don't remember when Sydney removed conductors from their
> trams and introduced an honesty box system advertised at the time by (I
> think) Chips Rafferty. The system was a dismal failure because people didn't
> pay and they were eventually removed and conductors reinstated. If you don't
> believe me, visit the tram museum at Loftus, as at 1994 there was some info
> there about it.

Sydney NEVER removed conductors from the trams.  The honesty box was for
one stop passengers in peak hours when the two conductors working the
single tram, eg to Kings Cross, couldn't get through the crowded tram to
collect all the fares.

Chris