Re: [TramsDownUnder] Re: G class order and internal view

I get that Mal but i would have thought that it wuld cost more if not the same to have it just sitting there and contributing nothing to the tram system and be a draw card for the fine vandals/graffiti element of that part of melbourne.Even if it only stores and runs the Z's on the 57/82 for now with minimal maintenence for now,at least there will be people constantly on site,exactly like the change from E/Preston to New Prestoon, send qall the Essendon Z's to the new depot along with enough drivers to fill the tables for that week and have the rivers shared between both depots so they can still do  58 & 59 as the original idea was,with any Z3 tables for the 58/59 in the short term run from Maidstone.

On Wednesday, 23 April 2025 at 09:47:29 UTC+10 Mal Rowe wrote:

On 22/04/2025 23:44, timmy1041 wrote:
> Mal,
>        With Maidstone Depot pretty much complete and ready for action
> and the first G Class still at least 6 -7 months away for testing
> only, not service straight away,and with the 57 & 82 still to be
> mostly Z for the next 12 -18 months is there any info on when these
> routes will be moved from Essendon as obviously
> they will not wait until there is enough G's for the full service.
>
I don't know Tim, but would be surprised if Maidstone becomes fully
operational before it is needed - staff cost money.

Mal

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