Re: CityRail - nothing else quite like it

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> "Dave Proctor"
> > "Tezza"
> > > "Dave Proctor"
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> > > > There are no "inter-city" trains operated by CityRail
> > >
> > > So Sydney, Wollongong, Lithgow and Newcastle aren't cities? Or
Cityrail
> > don't run trains between those locations?
> >
> > CityRail calls them intercity, but they aren't, not in the globally
accepted
> > meaning of the term.
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> Such as "intercity" means "between cities"? Cities such as Sydney,
Wollongong,
> Lithgow and Newcastle?

It is not the generally accepted meaning of the term. The generally accepted
meaning of the term is for a train with catering facilities, multiple
classes, etc. - much like Countrylink services, only with some comfort.

Dave