We’ve go a new train timetable on our line. I haven’t checked all the details, but there are no big changes to the frequency of trains (which in recent years, hasn’t been too bad). The changes have been in other ways, such as no peak hour or weekend trains going through the loop and trains are now officially through-routed to Southern Cross and beyond. And after 10 pm, there’s a 20 minute frequency which replaces the previous schedule of 4 trains per hour but at uneven intervals.
The removal of the loop trains would have annoyed me while I was working, but that’s a past era. These days it doesn’t really affect me, but I can understand it might be inconvenient for some people, especially in the evening peak when, due to changes on the Pakenham/Cranbourne lines, there are far fewer trains running clockwise through the loop.
Through-routing has in fact been occurring for years, but it’s helpful to see it acknowledged. This will make things much more easily understood by non-regular users. The displays at our station were fine, but I noticed there seemed to be “teething problems” at Richmond.
I also noticed that my trip today was cheaper than previously, because it was “off peak“.
Musings and Mutterings 