Re: Ghan to Darwin.

["Ken Andrew" <kandrew@ihug.com.au>]

"Mark Bau" <markbau@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> in article 3aec9855.3432220@can-news.tpg.com.au, Maurie Daly at
> mauried@tpg.com.au wrote on 4/29/01 4:46 PM:
>
> > Has anyone given any thought as to what sort of timetable the Ghan
> > would run to if it (note the if ) runs to Darwin.
> > It seems to me that in order to arrive in Darwin at a reasonable hour
> > , ie sometime during the day up until say 11-00 PM at night ,
> > the current timetable will have to be altered.
> >
> > Shuffling the times around means that to get to Darwin at a reasonable
> > hour , means leaving Adelaide at a silly hour , ie in the wee hours of
> > the morning.
> > The only other option is for the train to go really slow , or have it
> > sit around at AP for many hours .
> >
> > Any ideas??
> >
> > MD
> >
>
> No offence intended but if you have time to sit around wondering about
> things like a passenger train running on a track not yet built and perhaps
> never will be built you have waaaay too much spare time. :-)
>
> Mark
>

Hear! Hear!

KenA