Re: Trams overwhelmed at Port Melbourne

On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 07:04:52AM -0000, pn1.rm wrote:

Apparently Yarra Trams had increased the service to 10 minutes but
rostered A class trams in the main. Apparently there was one B2 and a
few Citadis.

When I was leaving there seemed to be trams going in and out every 5
minutes. At one time there was two trams at the terminus.

What are the responsibilities of the transport operators when an
event such as this is put on by another organisation? I remember Jeff
Kennett saying it was the responsibility of the people putting on the
event to pay for the additional tranport services. Does this still
apply? If it does then what happens when the public transport service
underestimates the demand?

That doesn't make sense considering they'll get extra revenue from those
services. In this case it would seem that it was organised by the
Rotary Club of Brighton North Inc. and proceeds were to go to charity.
Maybe you are getting mixed up with the grand prix for example where the
event organisers pay for the tram service and it is included in the
ticketing for all patrons.

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Jeremy Lunn
Melbourne, Australia
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