Re: NSW. North Coast XPT Service.??????

["James C" <noemail@emailsux.com>]

There was an article in Railway Digest back in 1992 written by Andrew Mclean
review full derail of running XPT on North Coast line and Main South line
compare with 81 class hauls Sydney/Melbourne Express and Brisbane Limited.

IIRC it turns out that it's cheaper to run Sydney/Melbourne Express and
Brisbane Limited then XPT, part of the reason was XPT power car is not as
fuel efficiency as 81 class loco. XPT sets are also fixed where as loco haul
sleepers can be very flexible depends on demand. Plus use of EL class can
get the train upto XPT speed with less cost then XPT.

Cheers
James




Maurie Daly <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know how much it really costs to run an XPT from Melb to
Sydney or
> from Sydney to Brisbane.
> By cost I mean all the real attributable costs in actually running the
> train,ignoring the capital cost of the train.
> ie how many passengers are needed per year to make the service viable and
> could a private operator succeed where Countrylink are struggling to.
> ie could someone like NXP if it had SG rolling stock survive in this
market.
>
> MD
>
>