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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Selling frequency
Brochures intended for tram hand-holds selling the frequent lunchtime service now available on a city tram corridor.
With 3 tram routes in Collins St, plus route 31, the service at lunch time ought to be far more frequent than every 5 minutes (and the loading warrants this). In fact, it often is - but it is marred by bunching resulting in intervals of more than 5 minutes. In the "old days" (before radios) there would often be an M&MTB "braid" at Spring St whose job it was to minimise "bunching" by holding up trams towards the end of a bunch for a minute or 2. The effect on the timetable was negligible and the quality of the service was much improved.
The theory might be five minutes, but we know it doesn't work like that.
ReplyDeleteI seem to recall a similar program when the 48 tram was altered to travel along Collins Street.
ReplyDeleteWith 3 tram routes in Collins St, plus route 31, the service at lunch time ought to be far more frequent than every 5 minutes (and the loading warrants this). In fact, it often is - but it is marred by bunching resulting in intervals of more than 5 minutes. In the "old days" (before radios) there would often be an M&MTB "braid" at Spring St whose job it was to minimise "bunching" by holding up trams towards the end of a bunch for a minute or 2. The effect on the timetable was negligible and the quality of the service was much improved.
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