Re: Train plan off the rails, says adviser

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

"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> Tom (gunzel3801@optusnet.com.au) wrote:
> > The XPT might not but it is serviced by an Xplorer.
>
> There was a local push to get an XPT back to Canberra on the morning up
> and evening down. Prior to the most recent price rises and the slowing of
> the schedule, these trains were getting quite full.
>
> At the same time as Countrylink made the trip 14 min longer, Murrays
> introduced an express bus taking under 4 hours.

Countrylink could do it too, if they: a) sent the train via East Hills; b0
eliminated Mittagong, Bowral and Bundanoon; and c) RAC introduced TOW south
of Joppa Junction.

Dave