Re: Pension deals run Tilt Train profit off rails

["MattyQ" <mattyq1009@dingoblue.net.au>]

"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
news:1oBV5.17$_42.2009@news0.optus.net.au...
> More than half the passengers on Queensland Rail's high-speed Tilt Train
> are travelling virtually for free or on heavily discounted fares.

This is probably one of the biggest misconceptions in the rail industry. The
pensioner does not travel free of charge. The fare is paid to QR by the
Department of Social Security (or Centrelink or whatever their name is this
week). Sure, it is free to the passenger but QR still gets its fare money.
The term "freeloaders" certainly does not apply.


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Matt Smith
Brisbane, Australia

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