Re: Carl Scully is a thickhead

[ROY HOWARTH <rhowarth@ihug.com.au>]

The main purpose of building the AirportLink was to relieve congestion on 
the Redfern - Sydenham corridor. The fact that the line travels thru the 
Airport was a means of killing two birds with one stone.

One solution to the congestion problem and cater for Airport passengers 
better is to have a two-car L-set Airport shuttle, say, between Central 
and Turella. Another solution to the issue of luggage would be to install 
luggage racks in the end comaprtments of the entire double-deck fleet 
(identical to the G-sets). 

This is all far to logical for "Scullywag" to digest unfortunately....

Roy H

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> 
>Well what is the point in having the airport link?  If it isn't for passengers,
>what is it for?  It is far too expensive to use for regular commuters.  And it
>stuffs up other lines due to a lack of rolling stock.  Then there is the
>increased journey time for some commuters due to their trains diverting via the
>new route.
>
>The line should have dedicated single deck cars to transport passengers and
>their luggage.  Doing this will ease road congestion in the vicinity of the
>airport by removing a lot of cars, taxis and buses from that area.
>
>I say close the bloody thing down, it will prove to be a white elephant if it
>continues as it is now.