Re: Countrylink timetable

[Ben <sporologist@yahoo.com>]

Barry Campbell wrote:
> 
> 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

Even normal passengers like to know all the possibilities available to
them. If you are unsure of the exact dates you want to arrive/depart, It
is useful to have a timetable to look at and compare all the
trains/planes/buses etc.