Martin M. Merton PhD is a fictional character that was created by

Connex Melbourne Connex Melbourne was a train operator in Melbourne, Australia. Formed in July 1998 as Hillside Trains, a business unit of the Public Transport Corporation, it was privatised in August 1999 becoming a subsidiary of Veolia Transport, Connex. In ...

in 2007The Age website, 7 August 2007
/ref> to increase the politeness and consideration of other passengers on the public transport system in

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, Australia. The campaign was criticised by some commuters, with many '' mX'' newspaper letter writers commenting that the money spent on this campaign could have been better spent elsewhere. A book, ''There's no 'I' in Carriage'', and a website were created (the website is no longer active); the title of the book is a parody of the

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"There's no 'I' in team". Both were intended to be humorous and were designed to imply lessons of passenger consideration rather than to state them directly. The character of Martin Merton was portrayed by Jim Knobeloch.

References

External links

Official Martin Merton website
(inactive) Public transport in Melbourne {{Fict-char-stub