Re: Any news on the Mildura Passenger Line?

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

Steve (hursteau@yahoo.com) wrote:
> > 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!! What people of Mildura and towns along the line need is a
> > daily service not just a few times weekly.

> For starters, I would prefer a sprinter to a bus any day!

I hope they reopen the refresh rooms along the way. :)

>  ALSO When the
> Bairnsdale report was released, NX said something to the effect that
> Sprinters are not suited to long distance running, and that the Sale N+N set
> would just be extended.  Now whether this is a cop out so that they can save
> on running 2 trains or whatever, it seems to make sense.

It's not a cop out. The pass sits at Sale for 3 hours anyway. This idle
time is the tiem it used to take to go on to Bairnsdale.

Cheers
David