Re: $99 one-way airfares : Who needs the XPT

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

"James C" <noemail@emailsux.com> wrote in message
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> I already noticed Sydney-Melbourne XPT suffered....
>
> As I posted elsewhere Melbourne-Sydney XPT was quite empty last thursday
and
> it seems to me they only needed 5 carriages.

That was ex-Melbourne - what was it like the rest of the trip?

> It's time to bring back the loco haul sleepers with lounge/dining car.

Or perhaps convert the XBR into a full sit-down diner with REAL food?

Dave