It’s interesting what’s on that notice that Dale posted because while it was released last Monday the L1 was still running about every 10minutes (it’s hard to tell, intervals always vary) mid week, and there was no service change advice on the PIDs as there was today that the frequency had changed or the casino stop was closed.
Tony
> On 25 Jul 2021, at 4:16 pm, Dale Budd dale.budd@...> wrote:
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> Mal,
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> Since the start of the pandemic Sydney had been following a similar policy of maintaining full services, on the basis that this would enable social distancing on board vehicles.
>
> Not any more. Nearly all services are being reduced; see https://transportnsw.info/alerts#/6063754
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> Dale Budd
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>
>
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> Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Reduced frequency on L1
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> On 25/07/2021 15:09, Tony Galloway wrote:
>> I waited for half an hour at Dulwich Grove for an inbound, with no outbounds passing. Then an inbound and outbound arrived almost simultaneously, so the inbound car I was catching must have sat at Dulwich Hill terminus for about a half hour at least for some reason. Very few passengers in either direction.
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> Has the frequency of services been reduced due to the lockdown?
>
> During the long Melbourne lockdown last year nearly all regular services
> were maintained - and some even had increased frequency.
>
> The idea was to minimise crowding on PT. In fact it was mostly not
> necessary - during our long lockdown I managed to be 100% of the loading
> on several occasions.
>
> The issue that arose from regular services on uncongested roads was that
> it was hard to not get ahead of the timetable!
>
> See: https://tdu.to/m/273644 for one example of trams bunched at a
> terminus which I observed.
>
> Mal Rowe - wishing Sydney-siders well
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