Re: Any news on the Mildura Passenger Line?

["Spare" <grimegrime@hotmail.com>]

"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Railway Rasputin3 <james_ccj@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> > > IIRC, one of the option for Mildura service return is a 3 times weekly
> > > night Sprinter service. Imaging sitting in Sprinter for at least 7
> > > hours in a smaller legroom, smaller seats and not so smooth ride
> > > OVERNIGHT!!
> >
> > I can imagine that in three letters.................. XPT.
>
> At least the seats recline in an XPT (they don't on a Sprinter) and you
are
> not rubbing knees with the person in the next seat (like some seats are on
a
> Sprinter) and you don't have underfloor engines (like you do on a
Sprinter).
> Melbourne to Albury was bad enough on a Sprinter, I shudder at the thought
> of Melbourne to Mildura (even on a daylight trip), although if there was
> some internal refurbishment (reclining/rotating seating) it would not be
as
> bad.
> --
> Dave
>
> Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?
>
>
Is this where some one suggests they upgrade Red hens for the service....
Graeme