What makes Melbourne Transport User friendly?

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Rae C

I agree with the previous answers, there isn't a lot about Melbourne's transport that makes it user friendly at all, as far as it's reliability, timeliness and costs are concerned. BUT having travelled in other capital cities, there are some things that are better and more "user friendly" about it than others.

1. You can buy a 2 hour ticket, that means you can get on and off the transport as many times as you like, without having to pay each time you get on and off. In places like Sydney, just say you're going from Central station to Glebe, it costs say, $2.00 (price is wrong) but if you want to stop at the shopping centre on your way there, then they charge you another $2.00 to get the rest of the way to Glebe, which I think stinks!

2. The maps and train lines/zonings are very clear, and fairly standard so easy to know when you get on and off the train, and the zones don't differ with distance all that much.

3. We have air-conditioned trains! Nothing worse than a stinky body that lacks personal hygiene on a hot day!!

That's about all the nice things I can say about our public transport for the moment, it's let me down too often of late to say anything else about it!

I would say another thing that makes it NOT user friendly is the lack of space to sit on the train, nothing worse than getting on a train at Narre Warren, and having to stand squished up against a million bodies all the way to Flinders Street, after paying a massive amount of money to get on the thing in the first place.

jonny n

Melbourne has the best public transport of any city in Australia.
But as that porson above me says it is way behind other countries.

cho

one thing that makes it user friendly (if you ignore the constantly late and cancelled services) is the fact that there are trams, trains, AND buses, so you can get almost anywhere in melbourne by using a combination of these, unlike cities where there is only public transport in the inner city and then limited stuff in the suburbs. like, in melbourne you can get pretty much anywhere by public transport

Andiegirl

The big thing for me is that if you can just jump on and off the trains/trams anywhere in Melbourne (provided you have a zone 1 & 2 ticket).
I was in Sydney last year and found there system quite bazar. If you get off at one particular city cirlce station in Sydney you have to get back on the train at that same station otherwise your ticket will get chewed up when you try to validate it. So weird and stupid!

MelbourneGirl

Actually, it's not bad... because at least we have those "Melbourne Information" people at the main train stations and around the city to help visitors.

My friend from Syd was really impressed :D

Ken E

My experience is limited but I could buy an all day tram ticket and go a lot of places without hassle. At least in the inner parts. I reckoned that was OK.

Ranjeeh D

As an infrequent visitor, I don't think it is.

JuJu: pÇsnÉŸuoÉ” ÇÉ¥Ê‡

What makes it user friendly.... Hmmm. The shiny writing on the glossy paper on their advertising posters that says it is user friendly?

Yes, it's easy to navigate, to buy tickets (but not on trams since they don't take notes!), to read schedules, to ask if you're lost, blah blah blah... but in reality, the frequency of the system is just... insane. Rush hour is abominable and you can barely breathe, let alone scratch your nose because your hand is most likely to hit someone in the face.

In no traffic, it's a really good system. But just not always.

It's not a bad system. In most cases, it's managable, if not quite good. But compared with the rest of the world, we seem to be lacking.

Sassy

To be honest, it isnt. At all. Compared to other cities and countries, we are seriously lacking.. im sorry this isnt an answer to your question but i really cant think of anything good about the transport.

paul.d

It Isn't User friendly, look at someone on the train - and they'll smash you!

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