Re: Melbourne Public transport for Special events

[Gareth Lumsden <s9763278@minyos.its.rmit.edu.au>]

On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Christopher Sims wrote:

> I think that it is time for some action re the state of public transport in
> this town.
> 
> Consider this.  we have the most special events in this city, yet on the
> weekends that such events take place we don't put on any extra transport.  I
> know that we have the night-rider , however, at the end of the day those
> busses don't use standard roots and you still have to probably get a taxi to
> your final destination.  I believe that we need to ensure that for the up
> coming Spring racing carnival we have transport that runs around the clock.
> By this I mean all of the trams and trains should run all night.
> 
> I am interested in the opinions of others on this subject.
> 

Hill & Bayside's solution is to run six car trains instead of three on
busy days.  (i.e. throughout the show period, all trains were 6 cars until
approx 19:00 every night)

It's a simple solution, but it doesn't increase service frequencies.

Gareth. 

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