Re: Speedrail derailed?

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

"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > > Please define "much quicker".  The Xploder does the trip in 4 hours.
How long
> > > does a bus take?
> >
> > 3h 40m since the Federal Highway improvements were opened.
>
> I don't call a 20 minute difference "Much Quicker".   Especially when I
travel to
> Canberra Railway Museum - a 10 minute walk from the station. :)

Considering the Xploder now takes between 4h 06min and 4h 10 min, it is 30
mins quicker by bus against the train, which is around 12% quicker. This
qualifies as "much quicker" for me.

Dave