Re: Countrylink timetable

[neumannc <neumannc@ozemail.com.au>]

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

Evidently Qantas caters for "airfans" rather than passengers (based on
Barry's definition) as their timetables (domestic and international,
hard copy and internet) provide the type of information sought by
Roderick.  I suppose it depends on who the airline is run for (or by). 
Or is Countrylink run for the benefit of the Countrylink management who
subscribe to the "most efficient hospital is the one without patients"
school of management?

Chris