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Free public transportation on Friday 30 January (VIC)

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Free public transportation on Friday 30 January (VIC)
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neil on 29/01/2009 - 22:04 metlinkmelbourne.com.au (446 clicks)
Last edited 29/01/2009 - 22:06

The Victorian Government will offer free public transport on Friday 30 January as follows:

Travel on all metropolitan trains, trams and buses, including V/Line trains to and from Sunbury and Melton, will be free from first to last service on Friday 30 January 2009.

NightRider buses will be free on Saturday morning, 31 January, until 4.30am.

Travel on all V/Line-ticketed regional train and coach services will be free from the first service to the last service on Friday 30 January 2009.

The ticket barriers at stations will be open so there is no need to validate your Metcard to enter or exit the station.

Note: 196 trains were canceled today, best of luck.

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  • TeaEarlGreyHot on 29/01/2009 - 22:26
    +1

    Free transport to say "Sorry" for the travel debacle of the last couple of days, according to tonight's news.
    [ :- { )

  • jv on 29/01/2009 - 22:52

    6 bucks for all the inconvenience they have caused just doesn't cut it with me…

  • jong on 29/01/2009 - 22:52
    +1

    The ride is free, but you have to buy the car and drive it yourself. ;-)

  • neil on 29/01/2009 - 22:55

    Well, I usually bike to work, so free A/C bus on a hot day is good in my books.

  • con4n007 on 29/01/2009 - 23:56
    +1

    they shouldnt increase the ticket price if they cant keep up with the service

    • WingedNike on 30/01/2009 - 00:44

      Increases in ticket prices are to afford the massive fines they're paying for poor service.

  • GuniGuGu on 30/01/2009 - 01:10
    +2

    What about us people who are buying monthly s and weekly's… how do we get any benefit?? It's a joke…

  • lolmao on 30/01/2009 - 01:55

    nice for the morning before all the trains melt.

  • wfdTamar on 30/01/2009 - 06:53

    and once again a triumph of privatisation

  • hubertlam on 30/01/2009 - 08:16

    At least in Sydney we've been spending $$$ on concrete sleepering the tracks so they don't buckle so easily… CityFail may not be such a failure after all…

  • nulled on 30/01/2009 - 09:33

    Same here. I use monthly and they clearly mention there is no benefit for us, i.e., the monthly end date cannot be extended. So much for free ride.
    Reminding you all that there are plenty more (in 100s?) train cancellation coming, Free ride cannot get any "cheaper". What good is a free service if there is no service at all?
    -ve from me.

  • OwenNein on 30/01/2009 - 09:59

    I think if more people actually used public transport rather than it being a some-what minority, you would see more money going into it. I know in QLD, they tend to prioritize for the coal/freight trains because they pay more money to occupy track :) Oh well, take a free ride while you can! Just sit on the train all day if you've got nothing better to do — I know I don't.

    • neil on 30/01/2009 - 10:14

      I think it's the opposite problem. There are more people riding the trains then expected, thus they are running all of their trains almost all of the times as they physically don't have enough trains. So when trains break down, that's it, they've got nothing to fall back on. They need to buy more trains and use the ones where the A/C doesn't work. Id think people would rather have a non air conditioned train then no train at all.

  • the crocodile on 30/01/2009 - 10:04

    I had a bite at the carriage yesterday and they are made of chocolate!!!

    • elguapo on 30/01/2009 - 10:18

      Dark, milk or white chocolate?

  • fchis on 30/01/2009 - 10:58

    According to MX newspaper, Connex's Boss claims 80% of the train cancellations are caused by drivers. He says even though there are issues with the trains itself but they do not required immediate fixed. Melbourne rail, tram and bus Union bascially stops drivers working in the troubled trains even if the trains are still able to run. ps, the increased fare is mainly to fund Caulfield-Footscray tunnel.

  • McBeardy on 30/01/2009 - 11:38

    A FREE unreliable service, is still a free UNRELIABLE service.

    This "it may or may not come" and "it may or may not be on time" is pathetic for a so-called first world country. I have visited third world nations with public transport cheaper and more reliable than ours!

    • audz on 30/01/2009 - 15:06

      Yes, I vouch for that. Public transport in some third world and developing countries/nations
      are better than ours!!! Shame on Connex!!!!

  • some_one_some_where on 30/01/2009 - 12:20

    It is the legacy of a government in power for such a long time not able to forsee what is coming! I have seen the service decline for years and no action taken to counter it!

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