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Re: Broken Hill/Griffirh pass. cancelled.
- Subject: Re: Broken Hill/Griffirh pass. cancelled.
- From: pcc@ocean.com.au (Brown Family)
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 12:00:11 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Customer of Connect.com.au Pty. Ltd.
- References: <38f40c8d.511013@NEWS.OZEMAIL.COM.AU>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:5835
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:30:02 GMT, bevanwall@ozemail.com.au (Bevan
Wall) wrote:
>I'm afraid I've got some disturbing news:
>I've just been informed by a very reliable source that the weekly
>Countrylink loco hauled passenger services to Broken Hill and Griffith
>have been cancelled indefinately, with little or no chance of them
>resuming as a loco hauled train. (The Griffith service did not run
>last Saturday, and the Broken Hill service was cancelled today) As to
>what will replace them, nobody is saying. I wonder what will now
>happen to 42203 & 42220?
And what will happen to the construction of new passenger cars ordered
for these services?
Strange for Countrylink to suddenly stop a service without a public
announcement isn't it?
Les Brown
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to loose.