trains
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Opal Card Study Finds More Than 60% Of Commuters Are Worse Off
11An independent study from the makers of personal finance app Pocketbook has found that most Sydney commuters are spending 10-15% extra on their weekly travel since Opal cards replaced paper tickets. Only around 14 per cent are better off.
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Warning: Carrying Garden Seeds Can Get You Searched For Drugs
Last night, I was subjected to an extensive drug search at Sydney’s central station after a sniffer dog plucked me out of the crowd. Over the next 20 minutes, I was made to answer questions, hand over my licence, take off my shoes, empty the contents of my bag and stand spreadeagled against a wall…
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Extreme Commuting: The Trials Of Traralgon
After an unexpected week-long delay because I am a moron who can’t read trackwork notices properly, I finally finished my Victorian extreme commuting experiment with a trip to Traralgon. How could you not love a route with stations called Bunyip, Moe and Nar Nar Goon?
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Extreme Commuting: Long Road To Eaglehawk, Speeding To Marshall
If it’s mildly stupid to test the longest train commuter journeys in Victoria, as I’m doing this week, then it’s definitely questionable to do that twice in one day, including the most time-consuming trip you can possibly take. But that’s what I did over the past 24 hours.