Re: Syd Airport Link

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Chris Downs"
> Tezza
> >
> > "Chris Downs"
> > > I've also noticed an upswing (trying hard to be objective) in passengers
> > > generally bound for the airport by rail and loadings continue to
> improve, again from what I observe.  46,000(?) journeys per weekday within 2
> years may not be too far off the mark.
> >
> >
> > I think you're being as optimistic as the owners who are currently
> claiming 10,000 per day. 1,000 per day would be a very generous estimate at
the
> moment.
> > Domestic Terminal is currently the busiest station, with a mix of
> travellers and workers.
> >
>
> Unless someone's playing silly buggers with stats I thought it was 10,000
> per day some months ago with a 2% growth rate.  Without doing the compound
> calc that approximates to a doubling in patronage each year if the 2%/week
> increase is maintained or 40,000+ within two years.

Not a chance, 1,000 per day tops and that's being generous - what do other
Driver's and guards say?

The owners are just out and out lying, just as happened with the motorways,
harbour tunnel and casino when they opened. They bullshit in the prospectus
and don't want to admit it.