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

[JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca>]

Dave Proctor 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.

How reliable can the train really be ? If it rains, or there is fog, is the
train still allowed to go as fast ?  How many level crossings are there ? What
happens during the periods where there is work being done on tracks ? (or
power lines).

In Canada, train is unreliable due to weather. All the track work is
concentrated in the summer time, and in winter, the weather slows things down.

Unless you're going to get a commitment similar to TGV or japanese bullet
train with crews working on tracks during the night, every night, you'll end
up with a train service where there is always some excuse not to be on-time.

Of course, the weather in Australia would make things much easier though since
you guys rarely have any frozen ground (although canberra isn't far from the
alps and it still gets cold there)