Re: Westrail : comparison to F.A.

[james_ccj@my-deja.com]

In article <Cg2z4.11$Kb7.1835@nsw.nnrp.telstra.net>,
  "Reuben Farrelly" <reuben-news@reub.net> wrote:
>
> "Brown Family" <pcc@ocean.com.au> wrote in message:
> > privatising the railways in Victoria was his idea that Labour fought
> > hard against. There now seems to be some recognition in both parties
> > that railways under private ownership is a good thing, and that
> > government bureauocrats don't know how to buy a tram ticket let
alone
> > run them. Bracks and Batchelor seem to be exploring further
> > possiblities that Kennett started and most likely would never have
> > thought of.
>
> ...and now sits back and waits for our friend Rod Young to comment on
how he
> thought Kennett & the liberals was a good thing for railways
afterall ;) ;)
> <g,d,r!>
>
> I don't think that Kennett had visions of railways being as succesful
as it
> looks like it might be.  I don't think he could have cared less
whether it
> did well or not since railways doesn't fit in with the popular and
wealthy
> image that he wanted Victoria to have.  After all, trains won't
attract
> nearly as many tourists as a Grand Prix ;)
>
>  I also believe that for any sort of rail operation in private hands,
they
> have to run things efficiently and be somewhat customer responsive,
unlike
> the system under the old "Government days" where rail was a service
to the
> employees rather than the passengers {see the postings about extra
services
> for the sports which has been held recently as an example of where
some
> thought has gone into providing a better service).  Perhaps Kennett
was
> smarter than we thought though.  With the Government out of railways,
it's
> now not his job to make tough decisions such as to "increase
efficiency"
> through cutting jobs!
>
> reuben

And that's just hope privatise regulation of NR and Westrail will
include "All the new rollingstocks/locomotives must be construct within
Australia"!!

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Cheers

James


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