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Trains match those in '38
- Subject: Trains match those in '38
- From: David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:14:38 +1100
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: a roadblock on the Information Superhighway
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:30023
Train speed limits imposed because of track faults and safety
restrictions mean thousands of Hunter and Central Coast commuters are
taking as long to get to work as they did in steam trains 60 years ago.
In 1938 the Newcastle Flyer made the steam journey from the Hunter to
Sydney in two hours 24 minutes, including a 10-minute stop in Gosford.
Today the fastest train journey between Newcastle and Sydney is two
hours 21 minutes.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0101/31/national/national17.html