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Title: Trains faster than trams?
Post by: bubble sunglasses on June 18, 2008, 05:48:16 pm

 If you live equidistant from a train and tram stop, and are going somewhere easily accessible by both [ie: Fed Sqr], how much sooner [if at all] would the train get you there?

Title: Re: Trains faster than trams?
Post by: AppleThief on June 18, 2008, 06:25:30 pm

It's hard to gage, because it depends on the specific tram route, but trains basically take ~2 minutes per station. So for example, five train stations take about 10-12 minutes. (But add extra time for the lateness of the train)

The best site to use would be http://viclink.com.au, because it calculates the best route for you.

Title: Re: Trains faster than trams?
Post by: bubble sunglasses on June 18, 2008, 06:50:25 pm

      useful, thx

Title: Re: Trains faster than trams?
Post by: mark_alec on June 18, 2008, 08:26:17 pm

Trains are faster.

Title: Re: Trains faster than trams?
Post by: excal on June 19, 2008, 01:24:10 am

For where you're, train.

Trams are bound by speed limits and traffic. Trains travel at around ~70km/h and only stop at stations. The drawback is you lose the distance between the train and the tram stop before Fed. Square (ie, platform and concourse).
 
Train.

The viclink site is a good one to use to plan.

Title: Re: Trains faster than trams?
Post by: brendan on June 19, 2008, 01:42:05 am

generally trains