Message from discussion Crap respsonse from Connex about bikes on trains.

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From: G-S <ge...@castbus.com.au>
Newsgroups: aus.bicycle
Subject: Re: Crap respsonse from Connex about bikes on trains.
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:03:06 +1100
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Zebee Johnstone wrote:
> 
>>> It's like on a bus, at no time are bicycles allowed on a bus due to the 
>>> tight confines of that type of vehicle.
>> Yes, but they can be carried on external rails vis. Brisbane and Canberra 
>> buses
> 
> How many?  And how much time does it take to insert and remove?
> Should other passengers have to wait?
> 
> Zebee

I've been researching these... it's my estimate that we have sufficient 
'slack time' in our timetables not to need to alter them.

ie buses currently wait at main stops (waste time) in order not to be early.

That is the case with a fair proportion of rural/suburban services down 
in Vic... not sure about NSW though, and it isn't the case in inner city 
areas either.


G-S