Re: Latest news on Speedrail

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

"William Miller" <backtran@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:39cb29dd$0> Tezza <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
> > Sydney to Melboorne, I think would be a better proposition. But then
> again, what times are they talking about? 80 minutes just to Canberra, yet
> > Melboorne's only an hour by plane.
> >
> Plus the rest. The Syd Melb gate to gate published time is 1hr 20. Add 1/2
> hr at least for check-in etc at the front end, add city transfers you are
> looking at something like 2.5 hours centre to centre of completely crap
> hassled time, business or "pleasure". This is if everything is smooth
which
> on the last 3 times to Melb for me has been anything but.
>
> I think the VFT was going to be something like 3hrs centre to centre

Plus the rest. Check-in, baggage, city transfers.