Re: XPT's Reduced

["f.u.i.t.b.e.t" <fuitbet@yahoo.com.au>]

A rave car really,the north coast services already have low alcohol
restrictions due to lessons previously learned about peoples behavior on
that particular route.So a rave car makes perfect sense people affected by
alcohol, anphetamines and other drugs.Maybe your car could be called a RIOT
car becauses that`s all it would be a roving riot.
Maybe also a brothel car full of cheap whores aimed at that end of the
market(just the thing to raise revenue)
I think not.
But seriously.
The thing that is needed is to get some decent LONG DISTANCE rolling stock
and some decent horsepower and some excellent marketing at the right
auidience and then and only then you would be some way there to satisfy all
spheres of the market.
Afterall GSR do not seem to doing too bad,they have spent a few dollars on
the in and outside of their fleet and the cars have come up ok.
If this can be achieved with 30 yrs + rolling stock, just imagine what could
happen with new rolling stock.
The SLUG was dead in the water years ago but people would not accept it,not
the embarressment that they made monumental stuff up.
All the would be`s out there still thinks it plays a good tune.Well guess
what it never has and furthermore never will, despite buckets and buckets of
money thrown at it.
"Rjaygee" <dartmouthmotel@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> If Country Link want to compete they should chuck out first class and the
> buffet and sleeping cars and convert them all to sit up tourist class and
> charge $30 for a one way trip to Brisbane and Melbourne.  Really try and
> attract the low end poor and back packer passenger.  For food put in
vending
> machines.  On the Nth Coast run they could even try a rave car. But under
no
> circumstances buy new equipment as its just not possible to make money in
> face of the cheap air fares.  The passengers travelling first class are
> pensioners topping up their $10 fare.  If pensioners etc didn't travel by
> train who would be on them?  The caveat I place on all this is the
Brisbane
> and Melbourne runs only as the bigger country destinations might have some
> possibilities as the volume of passengers may not be high enough to
attract
> a number of cheap airlines.  I believe the air fares to say Albury are
still
> very high.  Sorry to be gloomy but I wish there was another way out of
this.
> Cheers
> Rod Gayford
>
> "Michael Hendy" <spam.sucks@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> > Dave Proctor wrote:
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> > > "David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> > > news:3AD40502.1D6E996C@fang.omni.com.au...
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> > >
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> > >> Jack wrote:
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> > >>
> >
> > >>> 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.
> >
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> > >
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> >
> > Not for BNE. You can't beat $22 return no matter what way you look at
> > it. (vouchered of course, but still, show me some other way to get there
> > at that price!)
> >
> >
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