That’s the 10:01 am to Bendigo. Tried to get on the 9:01 but that was already chockers and they didn’t let us board. Waited for the next one but tapped out when the platform was comple packed at 9:45.
Posted by HereForTheFish
That’s the 10:01 am to Bendigo. Tried to get on the 9:01 but that was already chockers and they didn’t let us board. Waited for the next one but tapped out when the platform was comple packed at 9:45.
Posted by HereForTheFish
12 Comments
Why so packed? Because it’s free?
Sure looks like the free public transport is fixing the fuel crisis.
Why is it so full, was there an event or was an earlier train cancelled?
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Geez, that’s a lot of people. Luckily, I wasn’t there when this happened because if I had been there, I would have been extremely angry and would lose my shit big time.
Is that the line for that kebab shop job in Melbourne.
Had a nice drive up to Bendigo via the Hume this morning, empty roads made it a nice cruise too 😌
How bad are the other vline trains to Geelong or Ballarat etc. Just as bad?
It was so predictable that VLine was going to be fucked with these free fares. Chronic overcrowding has always been an issue, especially with the introduction of the statewide fare cap a few years ago, so there was always going to be even more problems by making it completely free.
Free fares is all good and well, but you need frequent and reliable services to deal with the inevitable growth in demand. Something that we just don’t do very well across most of Melbourne and Victoria.
Hopefully once the fuel price and availability issues start to calm down, they decide that the money would be better spent on actually improving the network (frequency, coverage, etc.) rather than eliminating the fares.
Maybe after we make those much needed improvements can we then look into removing fares permanently, but for now the money is much better off going elsewhere into the network.
Not to mention, removing the choice to book a seat during this free period has to be one of the dumbest things I’ve seen tbh.
Wowsers
Isn’t there like an international farming convention at bendigo around now?
Day 4 of free public transport and I already got COVID from overcrowded trains 🙁 (symptoms started showing tonight).