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

["James C" <jamesccj@optusnet.com.au>]

I post this earlier elsewhere.

Sydney-Melbourne XPT usually running fairly empty between Albury and
Melbourne but after Albury, the train is always full and not many people
travel all the way from Mel to Sydney.

I wondered how's the loading from Brisbane-Sydney XPT?

Cheers
James




William Miller <backtran@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Those that do not live in Sydney or Melbourne, I would expect.
>
> My experience of the XPT is that a large proportion of passengers are to
> from itermediate stations.
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> A. Tubbs <atubbs@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> 2rR45.2725$Sn2.11355@news-server.bigpond.net.au">news:2rR45.2725$Sn2.11355@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > Hi there
> >
> > I did a random fare search on the Ansett website
> >
> > Here are some examples of cheap airafres ex MEL / SYD
> >
> > 05 Sep 00 MEL-SYD O/W $99
> >
> > 05 Sep 00 MEL-BNE O/W $143
> >
> > 05 Sep 00 SYD-BNE O/W $99
> >
> > 05 Sep 00 MEL-ADL O/W $99
> >
> > 05 Sep 00 MEL-HOB O/W $99
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Anthony Tubbs
> >
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