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= __Publics View of The Train Network__ =

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In early afternoon peak hour, we walked down to Flinders St Station to survey members of the public who had just got off the train. We asked them simple questions about today's train system, the cleanliness, space, the line they catch, arrival times and how often the catch the trains. Altogether we surveyed five people, asked six questions and found out their opinion of the trains. We tried to ask people of different genders and ages, though it was hard when about one in every eight people agreed! I think we have learnt a lot from doing this survey, such as the way people view the trains depends on what line they catch, what time they catch it and how often they do so.

(retired) || Young lady || Middle age lady || Average ||
 * **Age/Gender** || Young lady || Young man || Old man
 * **Main line** || Werribee || Pakenham || Frankston || Glen Waverly || Cranbourne || N/A ||
 * **Trips per week** || 5 || 14 || 1 || 1 || 10 || 6 ||
 * **Cleanliness rating** || 4/5 || 2/5 || 2/5 || 3/5 || 2/5 || 2.5/5 ||
 * **Arrival time rating** || 3/5 || 1/5 || 1/5 || 3/5 || 2/5 || 2/5 ||
 * **Arrival frequency rating** || 4/5 || 1/5 || 5/5 || 2/5 || 3/5 || 3/5 ||
 * **Capacity rating** || 4/5 || 3/5 || 5/5 || 2/5 || 1/5 || 3/5 ||
 * **Ticketing price rating** || 4/5 || 2/5 || 5/5 || 0/5 || 0/5 || 2/5 ||
 * **Average** || 4/5 || 2/5 || 3.5/5 || 2 || 1.5/5 || N/A ||


 * Conclusion**

Although this was a small survey, we are still able to assess people's opinions of Melbourne's trains. From the scores given we can see that the cleanliness is down. Arrival times are not satisfactory, although arrival frequency is pretty good. People were fairly happy with the capacity, but not so much the ticket pricing.


 * Our opinion**

We both travel on trains, I (Jeremy) only travel occassionally, but my partner Slavic travels on trains up to 12 times a week.So, we think that the cleanliness on the trains is very bad as we observed alot of graffiti and the seats were dirty. Overall, the arrival time and frequency is quite good, but there are delays sometimes. The capacity is normally good, but in peak hour and after sporting events you often can't even get on. The ticket pricing is an absolute disgrace. Over a year, we each spend hundreds of dollars on public transport tickets. We both think that for elderly people and kids it should be free. That is our view on the trains in Melbourne.