Re: Residents urged to save airport link

["Tony Bailey" <mercuryworldtvl@optusnet.com.au>]

"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
news:3B280568.B922DC18@fang.omni.com.au...
> Residents in Sydney's outer suburbs will be sent letters urging them to
> use the airport rail service in a last-ditch attempt to save the city's
> ghost train. Seven months after Airport Link went broke, the $800
> million project is showing no real improvement, with patronage figures
> obtained by The Daily Telegraph indicating an average of 31 people use
> each service.
>
>
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/common/story_page/0,4511,2116809%255E3163,0
0.html
>
>
> Lots of activities to increase patronage suggested, but nothing about
> removing the premium fare. Earlier this year, Qantas gaving out vouchers
> for 10% off any ticket purchased at Domestic or International.
>
> Cheers
> David

But it seems that patronage is now about 36 000 per week (ABC Local Radio
this morning.) which is a significant increase over the initial figures -
but still far short of 300 000 per week

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Tony Bailey
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