Re: Latest news on Speedrail

[Railway Rasputin3 <james_ccj@my-deja.com>]

In article <39cb8caa$0$24865$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>,
  "Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
>
> "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.
Speedrail will be departing from Sydney Central station to Spencer
Street station...you don't need city transfer, unlike planes.

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