Re: [Vic] Age: Train fare pledge dumped

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

"Morphet" <morphet@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 22:48:46 +1100, "Paul McCabe" <*@0.com> wrote:
> >It's reduced gradually until the final year of the contracts, at which
time
> >the subsidy should be zero.  Is the term of contracts 12 or 15 years?
> >
>
> Different companies have different expiry dates of their contracts.

Hoys - 22/8/93 for 8 yrs
WCR - 19/9/93 for 8 yrs
Yarra/Metrolink - 29/8/99 for 12 yrs
Swanston/NX - 29/8/99 for 12 yrs
Bayside/NX - 29/8/99 for 15 yrs
Connex - 29/8/99 for 15 yrs
VLine/NX - 29/8/99 for 10 yrs

Nose around in http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/doi/internet/transport.nsf and
http://www.tenders.vic.gov.au/contracts/major/default.asp for more details.


Daniel

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