墨爾本METRO明起大變革

墨爾本METRO明起將會實施新時間表，
除了北部Craigieburn Line新站Coolaroo 啟用外，
東南部Caulfield Group路線 (Pakenham/Cranbourne/Frankston Line)更會大變革，
停站pattern大幅統一、簡化，以減少歷史遺留下來的停站pattern混亂問題，
期望改善班次準點率、減少乘客困惑及增加班次

停站pattern大變革包括：
(1) 繁忙時間Frankston Line只會有兩種停站pattern：「急行」及「各停」，比例1:1；
所有「Frankston Line 急行」將不再繞經City Loop，以及早繁加停Malvern站，
前往Parliament、Melbourne Central及Flagstaff站的乘客可於Richmond站轉乘任何繞經City Loop的列車，
前往Southern Cross站的乘客可於Flinders Street站轉乘Epping、Hurstbridge、Werribee及Williamstown Line；
「Frankston Line 各停」則繼續繞經City Loop

「Frankston Line 各停」
Frankston - Kananook - Seaford - Carrum - Bonbeach - Chelsea - Edithvale - Aspendale - Mordialloc - Parkdale - Mentone - Cheltenham - Highett - Moorabbin - Patterson - Bentleigh - McKinnon - Ormond - Glenhuntly - Caulfield - Malvern - Armadale - Toorak - Hawksburn - South Yarra - Richmond - Parliament - Melbourne Central - Flagstaff - Southern Cross - Flinders Street

「Frankston Line 急行」 (淺灰色站=不停站)
Frankston - Kananook - Seaford - Carrum - Bonbeach - Chelsea - Edithvale - Aspendale - Mordialloc - Parkdale - Mentone - Cheltenham - Highett - Moorabbin - Patterson - Bentleigh - McKinnon - Ormond - Glenhuntly - Caulfield - Malvern - Armadale - Toorak - Hawksburn - South Yarra - Richmond - Flinders Street


(2) 繁忙時間Pakenham/Cranbourne Line只會有兩種停站pattern：「急行」及「快速」，比例1:1；
繁忙時間所有Pakenham Line班次將為「急行」，所有中途站始發班次及姊妹線Cranbourne Line將為「快速」

「Pakenham Line 急行」 (淺灰色站=不停站)
Pakenham - Officer - Beaconsfield - Berwick - Narre Warren - Hallam - Dandenong - Yarraman - Noble Park - Sandown Park - Springvale - Westall - Clayton - Huntingdale - Oakleigh - Hughesdale - Murrumbeena - Carnegie - Caulfield - Malvern - Armadale - Toorak - Hawksburn - South Yarra - Richmond - Parliament - Melbourne Central - Flagstaff - Southern Cross - Flinders Street

「Cranbourne Line 快速」及「Pakenham Line 快速 (Berwick中途始發)」 (淺灰色站=不停站)
(Cranbourne - Merinda Park) / (Berwick - Narre Warren - Hallam) - Dandenong - Yarraman - Noble Park - Sandown Park - Springvale - Westall - Clayton - Huntingdale - Oakleigh - Hughesdale - Murrumbeena - Carnegie - Caulfield - Malvern - Armadale - Toorak - Hawksburn - South Yarra - Richmond - Parliament - Melbourne Central - Flagstaff - Southern Cross - Flinders Street


(3) 基於Pakenham/Cranbourne Line比Frankston Line多乘客，
非繁忙時間兩線於Malvern-South Yarra區間角色將對調，
Frankston Line由原來所有班次「快速」改為「各停」，Pakenham/Cranbourne Line改為「快速」，
同時亦令V/Line「特急」可直接使用Pakenham/Cranbourne Line，
毋須再使用Frankston Line路軌再於Caufield站前後轉軌至Pakenham/Cranbourne Line，
減少V/Line及METRO之相互影響

「Pakenham/Cranbourne Line 快速」 (淺灰色站=不停站)
(Pakenham - Officer - Beaconsfield - Berwick - Narre Warren - Hallam) / (Cranbourne - Merinda Park) - Dandenong - Yarraman - Noble Park - Sandown Park - Springvale - Westall - Clayton - Huntingdale - Oakleigh - Hughesdale - Murrumbeena - Carnegie - Caulfield - Malvern - Armadale - Toorak - Hawksburn - South Yarra - Richmond - Parliament - Melbourne Central - Flagstaff - Southern Cross - Flinders Street

「Frankston Line 各停」
Frankston - Kananook - Seaford - Carrum - Bonbeach - Chelsea - Edithvale - Aspendale - Mordialloc - Parkdale - Mentone - Cheltenham - Highett - Moorabbin - Patterson - Bentleigh - McKinnon - Ormond - Glenhuntly - Caulfield - Malvern - Armadale - Toorak - Hawksburn - South Yarra - Richmond - Parliament - Melbourne Central - Flagstaff - Southern Cross - Flinders Street


(4) 週末Frankston Line 及Pakenham/Cranbourne Line 所有班次改為「各停」，
令Malvern-South Yarra區間由以往週末每20分鐘一班提升至每10分鐘一班



變革潛在問題：
(1) 「Frankston Line 急行」不再繞經City Loop，
早繁在Richmond站有其他大量繞經City Loop的班次疏導，乘客多見車就上；
但由於City Loop各站的Caulfield Group路線月台均在地底較淺層Platform 2，
同樣途經Richmond站的Burnley Group路線月台卻在深一層Platform 4，
預計下繁「Frankston Line 急行」乘客多堆在Platform 2等候「Frankston Line 各停」及Pakenham/Cranbourne Line，
Pakenham/Cranbourne Line現時的擁擠問題可能激化

(2) 非繁忙時間及週末Frankston Line班次全改為「各停」，令行車時間增加，
可能削弱METRO面對私家車的競爭力，尤其是在較遠的Zone 2區間

[ 本帖最後由 Kaix 於 2010-6-5 18:56 編輯 ]