圣诞节及新年前夕墨尔本公共交通线路免费



12月10日消息，今年的圣诞节及新年前夜，维州乘客将可以获得免费乘坐郊线及市区公共交通工具的机会。新年前夜，墨尔本的有轨电车，火车，公交巴士将通宵营业。

维州交通部长Lynne Kosky表示，维州政府已经连续第三年实施免费乘车政策，以缓解交通压力。她说，圣诞新年期间是传统的家庭成员团聚时刻，为了缓解交通压力，降低交通事故发生率，公共交通部门将继续在圣诞节及新年前夜向广大市民提供免费的乘车服务。

Lynne Kosky呼吁人们尽量少使用私家车，尽可能多地使用公共交通工具。

圣诞节当天，新年前夕下午6点以后及2008年元旦第一班服务，搭乘郊线列车或巴士来墨尔本，使用市区公共交通工具的乘客都可获得免费乘车的机会。

（TRAINS, trams and buses travelling around metropolitan Melbourne will be free all day and night on December 25 and from 6pm on December 31 until the first scheduled trip the next morning, January 1.）


具体的时刻表请查阅网址：www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au 或者致电Metlink 131 638，对于远郊V/Line的乘客可以查阅 www.vline.com.au 或者致电136 196。





Holiday revellers get free public transport



December 10, 2007 12:00am   Article from: Herald Sun


CHRISTMAS and New Year's Eve revellers are to get a free ride. The Government is providing free travel on metropolitan buses, trains and trams on December 25 and from 6pm on December 31.

It is part of a government push to cut the road toll by encouraging revellers to leave their cars at home.

Trains, trams and buses will run all night on New Year's Eve to get partygoers safely and quickly in and out of the city.

Public Transport Minister Lynne Kosky said it was the third consecutive year the Government had made the free transport available at Christmas and New Year.

"Too often these celebrations are marred by tragedy on our roads," Ms Kosky said.

TRAINS, trams and buses travelling around metropolitan Melbourne will be free all day and night on December 25 and from 6pm on December 31 until the first scheduled trip the next morning, January 1.

V/LINE passengers will travel free on Christmas Day and on services arriving in Melbourne after 6pm on New Year's Eve. They will also have a free ride on January 1's first service.

CONNEX will run its trains to a Sunday timetable on Christmas Day, as will Yarra Trams.

THE City Circle trams will not run on Christmas Day.

BUSES will run to a special timetable on Christmas Day.

CONNEX will run trains all night on New Year's Eve.

YARRA Trams will run a Saturday timetable on New Year's Eve, plus all-night services.

NIGHTRIDER bus services will run half-hourly from 12.30am, leaving Collins St between Swanston and Russell streets on New Year's Eve.

BUSES will operate on all nine routes until 4.30am; there'll be an extra 5.30am service on the Eltham route and 5.30am, 6.30am and 7.30am services on the Dandenong route.

Ms Kosky said Flinders Street and Southern Cross stations would be open all night on New Year's Eve.

Parents with prams and people with disabilities will be given priority access to the concourse and the lifts.

"Free travel arrangements mean New Year's Eve revellers will not have to cut their celebrations short to catch the last tram or train, as metropolitan public transport will run all night," Ms Kosky said.

"I urge people to take advantage of this great opportunity to leave the car at home.

"We also suggest people heading into the CBD on New Year's Eve plan their journey ahead of time. A little preparation can go a long way towards avoiding the crowds and getting home quickly and safely."

Ms Kosky said the free travel had been arranged through a partnership between the Government and the public transport operators, Connex, Yarra Trams and V/Line.

Timetable information is available at www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au or by telephoning Metlink on 131 638.

For information on V/Line's passenger services, go to www.vline.com.au or telephone 136 196.