Yes a lot of public transport drivers are locked up in SW Sydney but
there's also a cutback due to less people on the move, as even metro has
been reduced from 4 minutes to 10 in peaks and 10 to 20 off peaks.
Tony P
On Sunday, 25 July 2021 at 17:16:11 UTC+10bblun...@... wrote:
> The services have been reduced to reduce the number of drivers/staff
> required to operate them.
>
> Apparently a lot of them live in affected areas, and there is a perceived
> risk of transmission within the operating environments.
>
> Most services are being operated on a "Sunday timetable" but in a lot of
> areas Sunday frequencies are not much less than weekday off peak. A few
> extra services have been added in peak hours where there is a perceived
> need. School services are being operated in some areas, but not others.
>
> Brian, on the L3 with similar irregularities to the L1.
>
> On Sunday, 25 July 2021, 4:16:29 pm AEST, Dale Budd dale...@...>
> wrote:
>
>
> Mal,
>
> 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
>
> Dale Budd
>
>
>
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> Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Reduced frequency on L1
>
> 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.
>
> 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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