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July 31, 2019
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July 31, 2019
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Get the Met …get the paraphernalia
I have mentioned, haven’t I, that my first full time job was as a Tram Conductor?I worked at Glen Huntley depot in the winter of 1996,
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July 17, 2019
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July 17, 2019
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Short Trip and Special tickets – Melbourne tram/train and bus
Something that was still around when I was working in Public Transport Corporation was the rail plus two and a weekend saver. Rail plus two meant
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August 6, 2018
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August 6, 2018
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Steam trains are cool
Steamrail quite often run short or long trips with their restored steam engines. I’d not been on a steam train since I last went on Puffing
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August 6, 2018
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August 6, 2018
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Go by train!
We tried an experiment the other day: a local weekend trip in Victoria, entirely on public transport. It was winter, I wanted to get away for
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June 17, 2018
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June 17, 2018
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Melbourne transport zones and 3 hour paper tickets
Paper two hour tickets I have a full set of un-clipped 3 hour tickets from the 80s for zone one and two full fare and concession
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June 11, 2018
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June 11, 2018
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Up and doing
It was early Feb since I last worked – and now I’m back again working in docklands on a short term contract. I kind of accidentally
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May 13, 2018
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May 13, 2018
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Train, Tram and Bus, Melbourne Public Transport Tickets – Paper
Some of you may know that for about two years in the 1990s I worked for the Public Transport Corporation in Melbourne. It was the recession,
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