Bunbury is a Transwa service which is the equivalent of Countrylink/NSW
trains. Transwa do have a "Smart commuter" fare for regular travel that is
$42 return for the Australind. Concession is $33 return.
Tony P
On Saturday, 26 May 2018 08:38:40 UTC+10, Geoffrey Hansen wrote:
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> Hi Richard and all
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> I can't remember the amount I paid in 2014.
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> I notice the adult fare now between Perth and Bunbury is $66 return for an
> adult for about a two hour twenty minute journey each way.
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> In NSW a return ticket between Sydney and Goulburn on what was Cityrail
> would be about $16 and about $57 on what was Countrylink.
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> Regards
> Geoffrey
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> *From:*tramsdo...@... <javascript:> < tramsdownunder @
> googlegroups.com> on behalf of Mick Duncan kit...@...
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> *Sent:* Friday, May 18, 2018 1:21:59 PM
> *To:* 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder
> *Subject:* Re: [ TramsDownUnder ] Re: Brisbane residents ditch public
> transport and get back in their cars Now Australind OT
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> Gday Richard
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> Strewth, some using common sense,railway operation as it should be
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> These days the crew would have been shot at dawn the next day
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> Cheers, Mick
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> On 15/05/2018 8:48 PM, 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder wrote:
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> What was the fare, Geoffrey?
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> Your mention of the Australind gives me an excuse to post these photos of
> a trip on that train in January 1972.
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> 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.
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> We sat there for about an hour while all the ice cream sold out in the
> refreshment car.
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> Eventually they decided to take the chance and the train crept through,
> uneventfully.
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> I suppose that today they would dither fro about 3 hours then call in some
> buses from somewhere.
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> Richard
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> On 15 May 2018, at 18:16, Geoffrey <gnhan...@... <javascript:>>
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> 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.
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> Regards Geoffrey
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> *From:*tramsdo...@... <javascript:> <
>tramsdo...@... <javascript:>> on behalf of Prescott <
>lenkap...@... <javascript:>>
> *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.
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> 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:
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> 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.
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> Incidentally if no charts appear in the article it may be necessary to
> open the actual link.
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> Regards,
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> On 14 May 2018, at 07:35, Prescott <lenkap...@...> wrote:
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> 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
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> On Monday, 14 May 2018 06:23:53 UTC+10, Richard Youl wrote:
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> 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.
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> Regards,
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> https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/brisbane-residents-ditch-public-transport-and-get-back-in-their-cars-20180511-p4zetn.html
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> *Brisbane residents ditch public transport and get back in their cars*
> Ruth https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/by/ruth-mccosker-gvrpqwMcCosker
> https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/by/ruth-mccosker-gvrpqw 13 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
> *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
> *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.
> *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.
> *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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