Yvonne decided to go to Melbourne tomorrow to visit Equitana. We had really wanted to plan it with an overnight visit, but somehow that didn't happen, so Yvonne decided to go just for the day.
Under those circumstances it probably doesn't make sense to go by car. 270 km at 10 l/100 km is 27 litres of petrol, or about $40. Then there's the pain of navigating through Melbourne and the probably horrendous parking fees. Wouldn't it be simpler to go by train? What does it cost?
After fighting http://www.vline.com.au/ for 15 minutes, I still didn't know. I was able to establish the timetable, sort of, but nothing I could do divulged the fares. In desperation called the phone service on 1800 800 007, where Mark told me the fee immediately: $12.74 return. That's amazingly cheap. But why is the web site so completely broken? Mark confirmed that he couldn't find it there either, and that the site to use is http://ptv.vic.gov.au/. Now why didn't I think of that? Put in a formal complaint; I wonder if it will help.
Later took a look at the PTV web site. I couldn't find it there either, just the reference to a myki. It seems that you can't just buy tickets any more. But it still doesn't explain why you can't find the fare. Oh brave new world, that has such people in 't!
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