Re: Broken Hill/Griffirh pass. cancelled.

["James C." <james_ccj@my-deja.com>]

In article <38f3133d.42788956@news.ocean.com.au>,
  pcc@ocean.com.au (Brown Family) wrote:
> 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?
Ends up in Sim metal yard ....as with most of the aging locos. I'm not
surprised. A frequency like once weekly is next to
nothing....inconvinent to user in the country...and people from the
city who wish to stay in the country towns for a weekend visit, plus
the slow schedule and inconvinent timing(expecially Broken Hill service)
These 2 service are another "suicide attempt" by Countrylink, similar
to couple of years back when there was a Canberra service arrives
Canberra at 3 am.

> And what will happen to the construction of new passenger cars ordered
> for these services?
probaily just add into current fleet of very busy XPT working diagram.
It wouldn't work if they went into service anyway, new XPT carriages
would still be haul by slow locos...no dramatic changes to running
time. What people want is a train running daily . competitive fare and
running time that is just as fast or faster then driving and convinent
timing(best daylight running time) with good service.



> Strange for Countrylink to suddenly stop a service without a public
> announcement isn't it?
It's countrylink we talking about...I'm not surprised...the same
organisation who reckons that loco haul comofortable sleepers with
lounges/dining car wouldn't attract passengers and welling to swap with
XPT.




> Les Brown
> Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to loose.
>

--
Cheers

James


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