Re: [NSW] THE Airport Line Opening

[Jonathan Lau <jonlau@ozemail.com.au>]

Gnome 412 wrote:

> It's interesting that SRA/CityRail did little to make the opening a GRAND
> EVENT like the ESR opening in 1979 and just left it to the Station Operator
> to arrange.  (The ESR opening involved free travel, mostly brand-new rolling
> stock and packed 8-car trains for a whole weekend.)

I agree. I though the opening day was mediocre.

There was not much in terms of displays to do with rail at all. With the
aircraft display at Domestic Terminal you had to pay an extra to get in. Green
Square, Mascot and Wolli Creek had some community displays, etc but nothing out
of the ordinary.

It would have been nice if they had a display at Central of rolling stock and
locomotives to promote rail and presevation groups. Perhaps they could have even
tied it in with Public Transport Week starting this week.

Jon Lau