Re: Orange pensioners disadvantaged

["Alex Pout" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

Maurie Daly <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:27:35 +1100, "Alex Pout"
> <alpout@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> >
> >Maurie Daly <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
> >3a640326.11288307@can-news.tpg.com.au">news:3a640326.11288307@can-news.tpg.com.au...
> >> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 06:28:48 GMT, "Mathew Quaid" <quaidy@hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Why don't we just declare the entire NSW state within the Cityrail area
and
> >> >be done with it! And here's an idea, why not call it the SRA or the
NSWGR??
> >> >
> >> Sounds like an excellent idea to me .
> >> However , on what basis is the Cityrail / Countrylink network decided?
> >> Who decides that Cityrail for example ends at Dungog or Goulburn?
> >> Is it the Minister.?
> >> I cant see why we need two totally separate Government administrations
> >> to run passenger trains in NSW.
> >> No other State seems to need this.
> >> There may be some logic if Cityrail is purely limited to the suburban
> >> area,but only if it is vertically integrated , like it used to be in
> >> the days of the NSWGR.
> >>
> >
> >
> >By suburban area, are you limiting that to Sydney, without considering
other
> >large areas such as the Gong and Newcastle??  However, I do agree that more
> >integration between Countrylink and Cityrail would come in handy.
> >
> >
> I really dont know what the answer here is .
> Logic would dictate that Newcastle and Wollongong should be included
> in the Cityrail network, but by the same token places like
> Geelong,Ballarat  Bendigo ,Benalla and Warragul should then also be
> included in Melbournes suburban rail network , which they arnt .
>
> If places like Dungog are included then its seems silly to exclude
> places like Bathurst and Orange.
>
> It all seems rather arbitrary ,which was the reason for the original
> question.
>
> MD
>

That was my comment a couple of months ago, that just about all of Victoria
would be covered in the area that Cityrail covers.

However, I do reckon that including Orange and  Bathurst (maybe Canberra and
Dubbo too) would make sense.

Al