public transport
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‘Opal Or Not?’ Lets You Compare Sydney Ticket Prices To Opal Fares
32NSW’s burgeoning “tap-to-pay” public transport card system, dubbed Opal, will be replacing a range of regular train tickets from September. According to Transport For NSW, most customers will be financially better off using Opal, but many commuters remain dubious. To find how much your weekly commute will really cost under the new system, head to…
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Think Like An Assassin On Public Transport To Secure A Window Seat
In spy movies, assassins typically stand at the back of trains and buses so they can keep tabs on everybody’s comings and goings. This usually culminates in an oblivious target getting violently dispatched from behind (although the hero usually intervenes at the last second). While we don’t condone killing people for money, the same tactic…
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Extreme Commuting: High Price For Wendouree
Day 3 of my Victorian extreme commuting experiment sees me venturing to the Ballarat suburb of Wendouree, some 120 kilometres from Melbourne itself. This seems like a good time to reflect on the relative cost of tickets in Melbourne and Sydney.
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Extreme Commuting: Mindaribba Station (Woah, This Place Is Tiny)
During Lifehacker’s recent Extreme Commuting experiment, I was utterly fascinated by what we might call femto-stations — stations so small you can only access them from a single train door. And so I decided to spend a whole Saturday travelling to one of them just so I could video it. This is an exhaustive tour…