I don't imagine that a Tuesday afternoon is particularly exceptional for patronage, either one way or another.
Better co-ordinated feeder service, changing the Saturday and Sunday down times from 4pm to something like 5:30 or 6:00pm would be helpful (so you can go to an event like the football, a show or the races and then you can return by train) A 4pm train from melbourne dosn;t suit many people from what I hear.
And a day return from Melbourne has to come ... maybe when they get Clunes up and running
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