Re: [OT] You know you're a hardcore railfan when...

[Gobbledok <chippies@ihug.com.au>]

Jonathan Lau wrote:

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> > ...when you spend 15 minutes playing around with ticket machines finding out how
> > much the longest journey on the Cityrail network would cost, then looking at
> > timetables to see the shortest period of time to do it in.
>
> Longest journey would be from Scone to Goulburn. Rail distance: 513.54km Cost: $29
> single, $58 return, $34 off peak return.
>
> Scone dep: 5:56am
> Hamiliton arr: 7:56am (change for Central service)
> Hamiliton dep: 8:03am
> Central arr: 10:21am
> Central dep: 3:46pm
> Goulburn arr: 6:46pm
>
> Journey time: 12 hours, 50 minutes. (with a 5 hour 25 minute wait for next Goulburn
> train at Central).
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Lau

What would be the times for the reverse direction...may do that next time I want to
visit my parents...get off the bus at Goulburn and travel on the Cityrail network to
Aberdeen (last stop before Scone)