Re: Melbourne Public transport for Special events

["Johann Fan" <jyf@optusnet.com.au>]

Gareth Lumsden <s9763278@minyos.its.rmit.edu.au> wrote in message
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> 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)

on Burnley lines, it seemed like it was 6 cars until last train on weekdays