Re: Broken Hill/Griffirh pass. cancelled.

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

In article <38F4021D.6E868F46@mail.usyd.edu.au>,
  Greg Rudd <grudd@mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote:
>
>
> 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?
> > Bevan Wall.
>
> Hi all
>
> This information is correct.  I have had this confirmed officially.
The
> replacement will be, you guessed it a bus.
>
> See ya
>
> -greg

A report said the Broken Hill service will return 18 month later once
those 3 new XPT carriages delivered, in the mean time Ghan and IP will
have extra seats for this service, did GSR recieve subsidies for
providing concession ticket? Griffith service will be provide by an
explorer set....would this be an extension of the Armidale/Moree to
Sydney explorer??

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Cheers

James


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