Re: XPT's Reduced

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

"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
news:3AD40502.1D6E996C@fang.omni.com.au...
> Jack wrote:
> > From April 29 when the XPT fleet should return to 2 XP's plus 6
> > trailers, it looks as tho the sets will be further reduced to 5 cars.
>
> Thanks to the airlines for this one. Passenger numbers on the XPT to
> Melbourne and brisbane have gone through the floor in recent months.

Well, what would you rather do, pay $55 and be there in just over an hour
with polite, helpful staff and a meal thrown in, or pay about the same, be
on a train for 10 hours with surly, rude and arrogant on board crew and
below standard catering? Even for pensioners using vouchers going to
Brisbane or Melbourne, the amount they have to pay from the border to
BNE/MEL makes the airlines look extremely attractive.

> > The only sticking point to this plan is where to stow the extra 7
> > trailers that will come off the sets..
>
> New service to Broken Hill? :)

Nah, they only have nine XBR's, and they will still need eight of them.

Dave