Gday Richard
Strewth, some using common sense,railway operation as it should be
These days the crew would have been shot at dawn the next day
Cheers, Mick
On 15/05/2018 8:48 PM, 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder wrote:
> What was the fare, Geoffrey?
>
> Your mention of the Australind gives me an excuse to post these photos of a trip on that train in January 1972.
>
> On the way back from Bunbury on a quite hot day, we came across a short bit of track which did not handle the heat all that well.
>
> We sat there for about an hour while all the ice cream sold out in the refreshment car.
>
> Eventually they decided to take the chance and the train crept through, uneventfully.
>
> I suppose that today they would dither fro about 3 hours then call in some buses from somewhere.
>
> Richard
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>> On 15 May 2018, at 18:16, Geoffrey gnhansen29@... mailto:gnhansen29@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> One thing that surprised me about Western Australia was that the Australind train outside of Perth was quite expensive.
>> I would hate to have to commute from Bunbury with the prices.
>>
>> Regards Geoffrey
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>> *From:*tramsdownunder@... mailto:tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com tramsdownunder@... mailto:tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Prescott lenkaprescott@... mailto:lenkaprescott@gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Monday, May 14, 2018 8:52:42 AM
>> *To:* TramsDownUnder
>> *Subject:* Re: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Brisbane residents ditch public transport and get back in their cars
>> There was contraction of employment and closure of offices in the Perth CBD. This also affected the patronage of CBD carparks, so less people were driving in as well.
>>
>> I've seen the graphs a while ago. I reckon they're Chris Loader's from Charting Transport. They're part of his excellent transport data summaries from censuses.
>>
>> Tony P
>>
>> On Monday, 14 May 2018 08:38:15 UTC+10, Richard Youl wrote:
>>
>> It looked to me that all the figures were expressed as
>> percentages so I guess you are saying that only city workers who
>> travelled by PT were laid off.
>>
>> Incidentally if no charts appear in the article it may be
>> necessary to open the actual link.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> On 14 May 2018, at 07:35, Prescott lenkap...@...> wrote:
>>
>>> Commuting to the Perth CBD has declined with the economic slump
>>> following the end of the mining construction boom and an
>>> increased office vacancy rate. Public transport, being typically
>>> CBD-centred, has been affected by this. As the economy recovers,
>>> patronage is expected to recover.
>>>
>>> Tony P
>>>
>>> On Monday, 14 May 2018 06:23:53 UTC+10, Richard Youl wrote:
>>>
>>> The decline in Perth comes as a surprise.
>>>
>>> Perhaps PT use is not so much determined by the quality of
>>> its service but rather the ease (or lack of it in places
>>> like Sydney) of driving that are the main deciding factor.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/brisbane-residents-ditch-public-transport-and-get-back-in-their-cars-20180511-p4zetn.html
>>> https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/brisbane-residents-ditch-public-transport-and-get-back-in-their-cars-20180511-p4zetn..html
>>>
>>>
>>> Brisbane residents ditch public transport and get back in
>>> their cars
>>>
>>> Ruth McCosker
>>> https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/by/ruth-mccosker-gvrpqw13
>>> May 2018 — 10:31pm
>>>
>>>
>>> By Ruth McCosker
>>>
>>> Updatedfirst published 11 May 2018 — 4:48pm
>>>
>>> Brisbane residents are getting off public transport and back
>>> into cars, with 72 per cent of people going to work by car.
>>>
>>> Compared to other Australian capital cities, Brisbane was
>>> one of only two that had a decline in public transport usage
>>> to get to work between 2011 and 2016, with Perth being the
>>> other.
>>>
>>> Public transport usage by capital city. Key: LGA - local
>>> government area; UCL - urban centre/locality
>>> Public transport usage by capital city. Key: LGA - local
>>> government area; UCL - urban centre/locality
>>> Photo: Brisbane City Council
>>>
>>> Brisbane City Council’s infrastructure committee reviewed
>>> Brisbane’s commuting habits and compared them with other
>>> capital cities following the recent release of the 2016
>>> Australian Bureau of Statistics Census data.
>>>
>>> A council spokesman said the downward trend with public
>>> transport usage could be due to service interruptions on
>>> rail lines or fare escalation between 2011 and 2016.
>>>
>>> “Sydney benefited from quite a fair bit of surgery to their
>>> rail network and also a lot of urban consolidation, and to a
>>> lesser extent Melbourne,” he said.
>>>
>>> According to ABS, in Brisbane, 20.2 per cent of people
>>> travelled to work by public transport in 2011 compared to
>>> 18.6 per cent in 2016.
>>>
>>> Public transport was mainly used along the Northgate, Ferny
>>> Grove and Oxley rail corridors as well as the south-east
>>> region, Waterworks Road and Chermside bus corridors.
>>>
>>> In 2016, 72.2 per cent of Brisbane residents used a car to
>>> get to work compared with 70.3 per cent in 2011.
>>>
>>> Car commuting by capital city
>>> Car commuting by capital city
>>> Photo: Brisbane City Council
>>>
>>> Compared with other capital cities, Brisbane was the
>>> second-least reliant on cars, with more car travel than
>>> Sydney but less than Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide.
>>>
>>> Both Melbourne and Sydney had a decline in car transport
>>> between the last two census data collections while Brisbane
>>> had an increase.
>>>
>>> Brisbane is still a car-dominated city for journeys to work,
>>> except for the inner city.
>>>
>>> Brisbane is a car-dominated city for journeys to work, with
>>> the red area on the map denoting car travel.
>>> Brisbane is a car-dominated city for journeys to work, with
>>> the red area on the map denoting car travel.
>>> Photo: Brisbane City Council
>>>
>>> For cycling, the data showed more Brisbane residents jumped
>>> on a bike to get to work than any other capital city with
>>> 2.1 per cent of residents travelling by bike in 2016
>>> compared to 1.9 per cent in 2011.
>>>
>>> Sydney had an increase in bicycle use between 2011 and 2016,
>>> but still, less than 1 per cent of Sydney residents travel
>>> to work by bike.
>>>
>>> Melbourne also had an increase in cycling but is yet to
>>> reach the same percentage of commuters travelling by bike
>>> that Brisbane has.
>>>
>>> A small per cent of people travel to work by bike in each of
>>> Australia's capital cities.
>>> A small per cent of people travel to work by bike in each of
>>> Australia's capital cities.
>>> Photo: Brisbane City Council
>>>
>>> The council spokesman said there were certainly significant
>>> differences in travel behaviour trends between the capital
>>> cities.
>>>
>>> “As we expected, Brisbane local government area really does
>>> perform pretty well compared to other capital cities,” he said.
>>>
>>> “Brisbane is generally between the top two cities, Sydney
>>> and Melbourne, and performing better than Adelaide and Perth.”
>>>
>>> The next census will be conducted in August 2021.
>>>
>>> Ruth McCosker is an urban affairs reporter at the Brisbane
>>> Times, with a special interest in Brisbane City Council
>>>
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