Re: [NSW] State Rail vs State Transit

[Jonathan Lau <jonlau@ozemail.com.au>]

Dave Proctor wrote:

> > I'm seeing the same thing - 300 new buses, 0 new Millennium carriages.
>
> And the cost of a new bus, as against the cost of a new carriage? The time
> taken to build a new bus as against the time taken to build a new carriage?
>

True. A bus is cheap and easy to build. Rail carriages seem to take forever.

>
> > > And take a look at the North West Bus Plan on www.sta.nsw.gov.au it's
> > > impressive what they're proposing!
> >
> > That's the other thing - STA is taking over the world, while SRA is
> suffering
> > all sorts of troubles.
>
> Ummmm, what would you propose that SRA do? Buy out other rail operations> It
> really is comparing chalk and cheese to be comparing SRA and STA, they are not
> really comparable. I just wish that the STA would buy out Westbus, then we
> might get some half decent services out of Penrith.

Westbus are thieves. They charge high private fares, but offer little in terms
of improved ticketing or new buses (the ones I catch seem to be ancient and
decrepit). No objections to a STA takeover!

Jon Lau