And yesterday at Collins and Elizabeth someone apparently got knocked down
by a tram. Trams terminating at Melbourne Central with a 30 odd minute gap
on the 57s. I walked along Abbotsford St from Haines St (Rt 57) to
Flemington Road for a 59 and saw three 55s in 3' Eventually a 59 turned up..

On 22 March 2017 at 22:22, 'Dudley Horscroft'transitconsult@...
[TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

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> There is a good reason why the trolleybus was known in London as the

> "Silent Death".

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> Regards

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> Dudley Horscroft

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> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 6:20 PM

> Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Mobile Phone apps [Was: FW: snippets,

> Mon.6.3.17, Adele crowds.]

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> >I think inattention is as old as Homo sapiens. Traditionally it was due

> to looking at a member of the opposite sex walking by. Many

> >lamp posts bear the imprint of that. Blocking off hearing with buds in

> the ears has given it a dangerous new dimension though. Then

> >there's the Skoda 15T but that's hardly the pedestrian's fault. The

> trolleybus is another.

> >

> > Tony P

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> > Yahoo Groups Links

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