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Dr Beeching
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Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 6:17 pm
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People know you are Victorian when:
*You expect every train to run no more than 3 minutes late.
*You try to by train ticket at a local grocery shop or 7-11 or a petrol station
*You expect ticket machine to accept eftpos or credict card
*You expect your ticket to be valid on all type of public transports
*You expect to see LED indicators on board trains or automatic PA system tells you where train stops
*When train stops, you extend your hand try to find door handle or the push button to open the door, only to find out there is no such thing
*You expect every station to have rubbish bins
*You look for a validator on a tram
*You change your mind and wanting to get off elsewhere rather than the original destination you intended to go and only to find out your ticket can't get you out of the station...
*You expect your inter urban train to have some sort of buffet during meal time
Hey?..whatever happen to my warning level?
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mjja
Sir Nigel Gresley
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Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 7:43 pm
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Yep. The Sydney system isn't as good as some people make out. They didn't even electrify until seven years after we had.
Happy Gunzelling and remember, "Go by rail!"
Michael Angelico
President, Smart Passengers Inc
(My opinions are my own unless specifically stated.)
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awsgc24
Minister for Railways
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Location: Sydney, NSW
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Dr Beeching
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Nexas
The Ghost of George Stephenson
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Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 10:20 pm
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*you trip over the stairs leading to the second deck* (unless u've been on the 4D)
Views expressed by me are strictly my own, not of my friends, employer, or anyone else, unless otherwise stated.
*Back at RP for a limited time only*
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Nexas
The Ghost of George Stephenson
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Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 10:22 pm
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| awsgc24 wrote: | | mjja wrote: | | Yep. The Sydney system isn't as good as some people make out. They didn't even electrify until seven years after we had. |
Sydney's biggest station has 25 platforms, with room for two more.
Melbourne's biggest station has only ____ platforms.    |
16 for Flinders St. However 11, 15, and 16 don't exist anymore, 12, 13 and 14 don't see regular use.
Spencer St has 14, soon to be 16 with 2 extra platforms to be added during renovations
Views expressed by me are strictly my own, not of my friends, employer, or anyone else, unless otherwise stated.
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Dr Beeching
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Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 10:26 pm
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| Nexas wrote: | | *you trip over the stairs leading to the second deck* (unless u've been on the 4D) |
* you also most likely to be on the top deck because you don't get to see double decker that often...(4D store for a while now)
Hey?..whatever happen to my warning level?
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John of Melbourne
The Ghost of George Stephenson
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Location: Melbourne suburbs
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Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 11:58 pm
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| awsgc24 wrote: | Sydney's biggest station has 25 platforms, with room for two more.
Melbourne's biggest station has only ____ platforms. |
So you're admitting that you don't really know that much about Melbourne?
Melbourne has separate main stations for country and suburban. Spencer Street has eight platforms for the exclusive use of country trains (some long enough to be used as two platforms), and Flinders Street has about fourteen platform reqularly used* by suburban trains, so that is a total of at least 22 platforms, which, considering the relative sizes of N.S.W. and Vic. is pretty impressive. How many suburban platforms does Central have?
*-- Of these, four platforms (10, 12, 13, and 14) are only used by a handful of trains each day, but this does include scheduled use for at least three of those platforms (10, 12, and 14). Also, some see a lot more use during such times as the Royal Show.
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awsgc24
Minister for Railways
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Location: Sydney, NSW
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zipitidoodah
Chief Commissioner
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ninthnotch
Dr Beeching
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Location: Not here. Try another castle.
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 9:30 pm
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Out of curiosity, how many suburbs/postcode areas per suburban station are there in Mebourne as opposed to Sydney?
That's an attention-getter!
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awsgc24
Minister for Railways
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 11:24 am
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Sydney (and New South Wales) has run out of postcode numbers and may have to borrow some from interstate or go to 5 digits. Quite a number of the newer suburbs share the same postcode number as a result.
The rest of "ninthnotch"'s question needs more reaearch.
One size fits all?
_ _ Railway gauge _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ : Mostly YES; Almost always 1435mm.;
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ : except sugar cane trams, rocket launch pads.
_ _ Shoe sizes, hat sizes, ring sizes: NO.
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zipitidoodah
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 8:46 pm
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You'd probably have to sit there with a Melways and work it out. It'd be different near the city of course.
I reckon they waste postcodes a bit. I've noticed that they're resorting to postcodes starting with 1 (and maybe 9?). It seems as though the post code changes every kilometre in some places, and makes you wonder why they just can't have each area slightly bigger. Maybe it helps with computerised sorting that I assume they would be employing now. Although I don't live a in a city, our postcode covers two towns, and a north-south distance of at least 20km, with probably 20000+ people in it. Although we can't be as bad as London, where they have six-digit letter/number combinations.
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Thomas the tank engine
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Location: In bed doing what I do best!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 8:52 pm
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| zipitidoodah wrote: | You'd probably have to sit there with a Melways and work it out. It'd be different near the city of course.
I reckon they waste postcodes a bit. I've noticed that they're resorting to postcodes starting with 1 (and maybe 9?). It seems as though the post code changes every kilometre in some places, and makes you wonder why they just can't have each area slightly bigger. Maybe it helps with computerised sorting that I assume they would be employing now. Although I don't live a in a city, our postcode covers two towns, and a north-south distance of at least 20km, with probably 20000+ people in it. Although we can't be as bad as London, where they have six-digit letter/number combinations. |
You're not wrong there in terms of wasting postcodes! Sydney University has it's own postcode!!!! Why???
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zipitidoodah
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 9:04 pm
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My point exactly. Why can't they just adopt the postcode of the surrounding suburb? Surely it's not too difficult to write on the letter:
Professor Smith
Sydney University
<suburb> 2000
or similiar. Maybe it's because a machine sorts them and it's easier to send the whole lot at once. But that's stupid, because looking in the postcodes section right now:
Sydney South is 2000 and Sydney South PO Boxes is 1235
Sydney Domestic Airport is 2020 (honestly, there can't be that many people living at the airport)
or Victoria for example:
St Kilda 3182, St Kilda East 3183, St Kilda Rd PO Boxes 8001, St Kilda Rd Central PO Boxes 8008, St Kilda SOuth PO Boxes 3182, St Kilda West 3182.
How about I suggest an alternative: St Kilda anything should be 3182!
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