Re: Orange pensioners disadvantaged

[mauried@tpg.com.au (Maurie Daly)]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:27:35 +1100, "Alex Pout"
<alpout@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

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>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:
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>> >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.
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>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.
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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