Re: Carr blames Fahey for Airport Link bill

["Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

Tezza <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> "David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
> thYS5.12$0Q6.10842@news0.optus.net.au">news:thYS5.12$0Q6.10842@news0.optus.net.au...
> > The Premier yesterday confirmed that taxpayers face a $200 million bill
to
> > bail out the embattled airport rail link but blamed his Liberal
> > predecessor, Mr John Fahey, for the predicament.
> >
> > http://www.smh.com.au/news/0011/23/national/national8.html
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> "The company, which has lodged a $15 million compensation claim against
the
> SRA, has blamed late and cancelled trains for poor patronage on the link."
>
> What a load of bunk. CityRail goes out of it's way to cancel and transpose
> *other* services to make sure the ghost trains run and on time.

CityRail may now but that appears to be a very belated reaction to their
contractual commitments.  The on-time stats from May 2000 and leading up to
the Olympics tell a truer and much sadder story.

Is a new CityRail TT on the board for the near future - one in which sector
2 services are more robust?

Chris