Re: Countrylink timetable

[Barry Campbell <barryC@qimr.edu.au>]

Roderick Smith wrote:
> 
> I went to the Countrylink site on Saturday, to look for the new
> timetables applying from Sunday.
> They weren't there.
> The site was organised on the useless airline system of 'Name your
> origin & destination & date of travel'.  This was designed for
> incompetent USA citizens, who have to be told what to do because they
> are unable to comprehend information for themselves, but has become the
> de facto world standard.
> Is there any easy way of getting the actual summary of the new
> Countrylink schedules, to compare with the predictions made in February
> and in April?
> 
Perhaps they were designed for people who want to go from point "a" to
point "b" (ie passengers which equals customers) rather than railfans. I
suppose it depends on who the railway is run for.

Barry Campbell