V/Line passengers are used to delays, slow journeys and rail-replacement buses. Now they face a new challenge: finding a seat
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Travelling by train to Melbourne from her home in regional Victoria, Rhona Rose says she has grown accustomed to long delays, slow and bumpy journeys, and the dreaded rail-replacement bus.
But since the government capped the price of V/Line tickets at $9.20 a day, she has begun to face an entirely new challenge: finding a seat.
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