Re: Riverina competition

["James C." <james_ccj@optusnet.com.au>]

> To be fair, XPT seats are quite well spaced compared with a bus or
aircraft.
> Economy on the XPT is about 1000mm, compared with 1027mm on the TGV. (or
> 800mm on a maglev!) However, the actual seats are based on a European
> design for an average journey of 3 hours.

Also Countrylink need to look into something like passenger entertainment
(headphone TV etc) to attract passengers. reasonable fare level, tour
package like what they do with Tilt train at the moment.

> Food is definately a problem.

And the speed.

Cheers
James