Re: Latest news on Speedrail

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

"Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> "William Miller" <backtran@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> 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.

90% of corporate travellers are.

> > > > 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.

Not really.

Dave