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Re: XPT's Reduced



"James C." <james_ccj@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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| > Facing the reality of the situation I believe it would be more efficient
if
| > the State Government pulled the XPT's off interstate and long distance
intra
| > state services and paid a subsidy to the airlines to cart pensioners and
| > other welfare recipients around.
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| Don't forget XPT/Xplorer is not just serving interstate passengers, also
| they serve small towns along the way. Might be too expensive to subsidy
| regional airline to Harden, Yass etc.


Why should pensioners get any long distance travel subsidy at all?