Re: Brief trip report MEL-CBR-MEL and thoughts on 737 vs A320 cabins.

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

"Taliesin Walker" <taliesin@nospam.chariot.net.au> wrote in message
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> Also, won't travelling on the train fare be less than the airfare? I heard
> that the coach class fare would be similar to the bus? Is this true?

Who knows - much too early to tell at this stage, I would imagine that they
would follow the European model, i.e. cheap fares for APEX (but nothing
anywhere near as bad as the airlines currently have) and walk up fares
competitive with airlines.

Dave

> Tali
>
> David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Dave Proctor (daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au) wrote:
> > > Considering city-centre to city-centre journey times, it would
probably
> be
> > > comparable. The clincher would be reliability, the knock on effect of
> delays
> > > at Sydney airport impacting on MEL-CBR flights, and the lack of delays
> on
> > > the train, might be what swings many people over on this sector.
> >
> > And think of the chaos when Sydney and/or Melbourne and/or Canberra are
> > affected by fog, as is common.
> >
> > Cheers
> > David
>
>