Re: My Countrylink ticket

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Malcolm Purvis" <malcolmpurvis@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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> >>>>> "Dave" == Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> writes:
>
> Dave> "Dan" <fordghia@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> >> Interesting too - all CountryLink trains to/from Canberra/Melbourne
will
> >> run via East Hills!
>
> Dave> As they should anyway.
>
> Therefore everybody from the west and the main north will have to leave 20
or
> so minutes earlier to catch the train at Central instead of Strathfield.
Will
> the faster trip offet this and the loss of convenience?

If convenience was what they had in mind, they would run ST1/ST2 via
Granville, which is a 5 minute drive from Parramatta (where coachlines pick
up over 50% of their passengers, no reason why the railways should be any
different), and also has ample parking for meeters and greeters at the times
that ST1/ST2 would be going through.

As for travelling the extra 20 minutes to Central, it would not really be a
problem anyway, people from the north could travel to Central just as
easily, those from the west could use Cumberland line to Campbelltown - if
they are reliant on train travel to get to the Countrylink service.

Dave