Re: Pacific Coast Aurora

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

"James C." <james_ccj@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> > GSR have
> > IGNORED the idea! Many RAIL FANS fly between Brisbane and Sydney instead
> of
> > suffering the XPT!
>
> GSR didn't ignore the idea.
>
> The reason has been discuss earlier, Countrylink have the rights to serve
> interstate routes.

There are no "rights" involved. Countrylink have the "rights" to the
NSW/Victorian government joint venture on the route, i.e. the operation of
the passenger services previously operated jointly by the government rail
systems of both states. There is nothing to stop a private company coming in
in the same way that private freight operators have done.

Dave