Re: Latest news on Speedrail

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

"William Miller" <backtran@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:39cf1e35$0>
Tezza <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
> > "William Miller" <backtran@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> > > I take it you are suggesting these times (check in baggage and city tx)
> are the same for plane and train.
> >
> > No, I'm saying to do the comparison, you have to include it.
>
> Right! You have to include it. It's less for the train than the plane.For
> Melbourne this is particularly so with a long taxi or bus ride to the city
> the train would not contend with.

Only if that's where you happen to be going.

> > > I think the point I am trying to make, (however hopelessly) is that
> there is less stuffing about and city tx time for business passengers with
VFT's
> vs  air. The same level of check in time is not required on the train and
> the train is usually closer to where you want to be.
> >
> > Only if where you want to be is closer to the train than the plane :-)
>
> Right. and the train can be more places than the plane. For example a Syd -
> Canberra run can start from Parra or Hornsby as easily as Central.Central is
> by and large easier to get to than the AIrport

Depending on where you're coming from. From many areas of Sydney it's easier to
get to the airport than Central.