The huge difference in cost is a big factor for most people that use the services.
All this shows is the demand is there to continue to expand services.
The first paragraph of the article comments on the “dreaded replacement bus” but the gov has just spent $4b upgrading the regional rail network, that’s why. The interview at the start, where the “find a spot on the floor” quote is from, was because of a single service that had been cut from 6-cars down to 3. That’s a fucking thin argument to make. For a start, it’s partly because they’re withdrawing Loco services to Albury and replacing them with VLocity sets. The Albury line is the only standard gauge V/line service in the state, so they can’t just grab any old set, and only so many have been delivered from that special order.
As well, this isn’t some bloody new occurrence caused by the price drop. I lived in Geelong back in 2019. Anytime a single peak service was cancelled, every single one after, until about an hour after the usual peak, would be way more packed than this photo. You wouldn’t be able to point the camera to take this shot for all the people crammed in like sardines.
This is such a bullshit article to write during a cost of living crisis. Every single person I know that uses it has found it a big relief. They found a couple of chumps so they could write a “Oh no, look, the government’s bad ackshually” whiiiiiine piece.
How to tell OP doesn’t use V/Line:
The first paragraph of the article comments on the “dreaded replacement bus” but the gov has just spent $4b upgrading the regional rail network, that’s why. The interview at the start, where the “find a spot on the floor” quote is from, was because of a single service that had been cut from 6-cars down to 3. That’s a fucking thin argument to make. For a start, it’s partly because they’re withdrawing Loco services to Albury and replacing them with VLocity sets. The Albury line is the only standard gauge V/line service in the state, so they can’t just grab any old set, and only so many have been delivered from that special order.
As well, this isn’t some bloody new occurrence caused by the price drop. I lived in Geelong back in 2019. Anytime a single peak service was cancelled, every single one after, until about an hour after the usual peak, would be way more packed than this photo. You wouldn’t be able to point the camera to take this shot for all the people crammed in like sardines.
This is such a bullshit article to write during a cost of living crisis. Every single person I know that uses it has found it a big relief. They found a couple of chumps so they could write a “Oh no, look, the government’s bad ackshually” whiiiiiine piece.