Re: Orange pensioners disadvantaged

["William Ivery" <willivery@optusnet.com.au>]

Pensioners travelling between Bathurst and Lithgow may use city rail tickets
but they still have to travel on countrylink buses.

"Geoff Lillico" <glillic@msn.com.au> wrote in message
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> The service between Orange and Bathurst is NOT operated by CityRail
>
> Geoff Lillico
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> "David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
> WIP86.54$D86.3235@news0.optus.net.au">news:WIP86.54$D86.3235@news0.optus.net.au...
> > Pensioners travelling from Orange to Sydney using CityRail services
> > pay eight times more for an extra 55km trip than Bathurst pensioners
> > using the same CityRail services. The bus costs him $22 return and the
> > train ticket $2.20. Pensioners purchasing tickets from Bathurst pay
> > one ticket price of $3.30.
> >
> >
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http://orange.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category
> =general%20news&story_id=15162
> > (Central Western Daily)
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