Re: City Rail Who would buy it anyway ?

["Erika" <erika@nospam.com>]

.Well what a grand idea...trains on time,AND ON THE RAILS,cleaned
carriages.As well the consumers would have security staff who know what is
going on in the trains.
If the present activities continue we will have it sooner than
latter,craig.Where you have obtained your  expert estimations of the 200%
increase in fares from  i would like to hear.But im sure the way the present
situation is there will be a shift away from using the cityrail network at
its present rate and id be a bit worried to be a driver or guard going over
all those rusted away rails all the time.

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Erika<erika@torpan.com>
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C. Dewick <craigd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote in message
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> The Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au> writes:
>
> >There are sections that people would buy ie Illawarra line for one.
> >St George Bank wanted to buy Kogara a while back.
>
> >But as one job lot, I don't think they could give it away.
>
> To operate CityRail privately with zero government funding and still
deliver
> exactly the same level of service with the same number of trains, same
> timetables, etc. would require the fares to increase about 200 percent to
> achieve full cost-recovery.
>
> We've got people whinging when the fares rise 2 percent, so can you
imagine
> the uproar if CityRail is ever 'Jeffed' and the fares are jacked up to
cover
> the expenditure base? 8-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig.
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