Re: Popularity of train travel

[taliesin@chariot.net.au (Taliesin Walker)]

On Fri, 01 Dec 2000 04:04:40 GMT, petercook2705@my-deja.com wrote:

>NR and other freight operators could also consider a trial of car
>carriers on superfreighters..
>
>It wouldn't kill them (esp since they'd be tacked onto the back of an
>existing service), and it may catch on..  You could put your car on the
>back of a Syd-Melb Superfreighter one day, get on a plane the next
>morning (or take the XPT) and have your car waiting for you at Dynon.
>
>Any thoughts? (ie probable costs)
It would probably make more sense on longer routes, say Sydney -
Adelaide, Sydney - Perth, Melbourne - Brisbane, (Adelaide - Darwin).

Still it would be great for a single person who wanted to take their
car on business, but take the plane. Might even be cheaper with fuel
prices this way.

Tali