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Re: NSW State Rail...a nightmare that is getting worse
- Subject: Re: NSW State Rail...a nightmare that is getting worse
- From: alberta@zip.com.au (Albert Alcoceba)
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 02:05:37 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail,misc.transport.rail.australia-nz
- Organization: Insert smart-ass comment about messy deks here
- References: <38ef6ffd$0$6516@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au> <8d0h91$lb2$1@jedi.apana.org.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:7372
On 12 Apr 2000 00:50:41 GMT, craigd@lios.apana.org.au (C. Dewick)
wrote:
>Saying $35 per week is expensive is just not true. If you drove your car the
>running costs, etc. would come to at least $100 per week when *all* of the
>costs (not just fuel, parking, etc.) are taken into account. So rail travel
>is damned cheap by comparison.
How do you arrive at the $100 a week figure? Assuming you have a car
anyway whether or not you catch a train to work what are the other
*extra* costs involved in driving to work apart from fuel? (parking
generally provided free by employer).
Albert Alcoceba
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