Vline - bicycles free

neuroinf said:

I fronted up today to get a Vline ticket for me plus bicycle. After
much searching for the new code to charge for bicycles, and ringing up,
it seems policy has changed. Bicycles now travel free.

They advise to avoid peak periods with bicycles, but that is not too
hard.

I haven't tried the new trains with bicycle. Is it difficult?

Hello,
This is news to everyone. V/Line have been a bit lackadaisical about
charging for bikes on some trips I've been on, when reporting to Spencer
St on the way out (I should say Southern Cross, but the hell with it) I
normally identify that I'm taking a bike, and have previously coughed
$3.60 each way for it.
V/Line has been charging for bikes since the beginning of recorded
V/Line history, the charge was $2.00 in 1979. Has inflation been around
80 per cent in that period? Someone have a shot at that.
If V/Line has decided not to charge for bikes full stop, this would be a
major break with rail tradition, virtually all Australian non-suburban
rail systems charge a nominal fee for cartage of bicycles, or have until
now.
For the record, V/Line proposed in 1988 a scheme called CyclePass, where
regular cyclists would purchase a summer `season ticket' for selves and
bicycles, and recieve 40 per cent off their passenger fares. This one
never got off the drawing board, but cutting the fare by $7.20 should
encourage things a little.
Regards,
Ray.

On 2006-01-30, ray (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Hello,
This is news to everyone. V/Line have been a bit lackadaisical about
charging for bikes on some trips I've been on, when reporting to Spencer
St on the way out (I should say Southern Cross, but the hell with it) I
normally identify that I'm taking a bike, and have previously coughed
$3.60 each way for it.
V/Line has been charging for bikes since the beginning of recorded
V/Line history, the charge was $2.00 in 1979. Has inflation been around
80 per cent in that period? Someone have a shot at that.

1.03^27 = 220%

(I'm assuming a 3% inflation over that time -- perhaps a bit high).

When I was a kid, a few peices of fish and minium chips could feed the
whole family! And minimum chips cost $1.00, and fish was ... 6-8
dollars for 4 peices?

NOW GET OFF OF MY LAWN!

--
TimC
"This strongly suggests to me that perl is way out of hand,
or that I need another drink, or both." -- Alan J Rosenthal

TimC said:

On 2006-01-30, ray (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Hello,
This is news to everyone. V/Line have been a bit lackadaisical about
charging for bikes on some trips I've been on, when reporting to Spencer
St on the way out (I should say Southern Cross, but the hell with it) I
normally identify that I'm taking a bike, and have previously coughed
$3.60 each way for it.
V/Line has been charging for bikes since the beginning of recorded
V/Line history, the charge was $2.00 in 1979. Has inflation been around
80 per cent in that period? Someone have a shot at that.

1.03^27 = 220%

(I'm assuming a 3% inflation over that time -- perhaps a bit high).

When I was a kid, a few peices of fish and minium chips could feed the
whole family! And minimum chips cost $1.00, and fish was ... 6-8
dollars for 4 peices?

NOW GET OFF OF MY LAWN!

[censored] Tim you are old (no wonder I'm so slow on the BR). I
remember when minimum chips was 15 cents. Figured I should get that in
before some of the older a.b'ers top it with prices in pence.

DaveB

Quoted message said:

Figured I should get that in before some of the older
a.b'ers top it with prices in pence.

I remember when I was at primary school, we'd order "six of chips, six
of cakes" from Jack and Steve's Fish Shop down the road. Sixpence (5c)
worth of chips (about the same quantity as minimum chips now), and
sixpence worth of potato cakes (six potato cakes). Ten cents total.

And you try telling that to the kids of today, lol.

Peter

DaveB said:

TimC wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

When I was a kid, a few peices of fish and minium chips could feed the
whole family! And minimum chips cost $1.00, and fish was ... 6-8
dollars for 4 peices?

NOW GET OFF OF MY LAWN!

[censored] Tim you are old (no wonder I'm so slow on the BR). I remember
when minimum chips was 15 cents. Figured I should get that in before some
of the older a.b'ers top it with prices in pence.

Och, laddie, when ee was a bairn....

What's this min chips thing? 10c got me lunch - 5c chips and 2 potato cakes,
with 1c change. The 60s really were a different world for kids, on holidays
mum kicked us out the door at 10am and coming home at lunch was a bit of an
option, vcall home to say we're at a friends place for lunch and no worries
if she didn't see us until tea-time.

Cheers
Peter

Quoted message said:

What's this min chips thing? 10c got me lunch - 5c chips and 2 potato
cakes, with 1c change. The 60s really were a different world for kids, on
holidays mum kicked us out the door at 10am and coming home at lunch was a
bit of an option, vcall home to say we're at a friends place for lunch and
no worries if she didn't see us until tea-time.

Cheers
Peter

You don't have to go back that far. That sounds like my school holidays in
the late 70s/early 80s.

DaveB said:

[censored] Tim you are old (no wonder I'm so slow on the BR). I
remember when minimum chips was 15 cents. Figured I should get that in
before some of the older a.b'ers top it with prices in pence.

DaveB

I remember when wagon wheels were 5c & 20c would get you a big bag of mixed lollies. Ok, what could you get fer threepence?

cfsmtb said:

I remember when wagon wheels were 5c & 20c would get you a big bag of mixed lollies. Ok, what could you get fer threepence?

Yes, i remember those prices for bags of lollies. Do you remember when you could get more than one lolly for 1c. I think they were aniseed balls. Now that was a bargain for us anise lovers.

Resound said:

> What's this min chips thing? 10c got me lunch - 5c chips and 2 potato

Quoted message said:

cakes, with 1c change. The 60s really were a different world for kids, on
holidays mum kicked us out the door at 10am and coming home at lunch was a
bit of an option, vcall home to say we're at a friends place for lunch and
no worries if she didn't see us until tea-time.

Cheers
Peter

You don't have to go back that far. That sounds like my school holidays in
the late 70s/early 80s.

Yes, I'm the late 70's early eighties type kid.

Mum used to kick me out and say don't come home 'til tea.

Scotty

Peter Signorini said:

What's this min chips thing? 10c got me lunch - 5c chips and 2 potato
cakes, with 1c change. The 60s really were a different world for
kids, on holidays mum kicked us out the door at 10am and coming home
at lunch was a bit of an option, vcall home to say we're at a friends
place for lunch and no worries if she didn't see us until tea-time.

You had the phone on at home? Wow! When I first started work lunch was a pie
and sauce (Pies were made of meat in those days) and got tuppence change
from a shilling.

Yeah, when I was a kid, lunch was served at whoever's house you happened to
be.

Theo

Theo Bekkers said:

You had the phone on at home? Wow! When I first started work lunch was a pie
and sauce (Pies were made of meat in those days) and got tuppence change
from a shilling.

Yeah, when I was a kid, lunch was served at whoever's house you happened to
be.

Theo

We only got the phone on in '82, until then we had to walk down to Nans house. Agree with the meal thing, it was a skill to casually 'hang around' 'til teatime. Accidently on purpose of course.

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cfsmtb said:

Ok, what could you get fer threepence?

Twenty-four liquorice blocks.

--
Shane Stanley

coowoowoo said:

Yes, i remember those prices for bags of lollies. Do you remember when
you could get more than one lolly for 1c.

Yep, I remember "2 for a cent" lollies at Mrs McTaggart's shop, over the
road from school. And 5c Paddle Pops!

--
John
You will be frail and musty With peering, furtive head,
Whilst I am young and lusty Among the roaring dead. -- Dorothy Parker