Re: Newcastle - Melbourne trip just completed

["John Kerr" <jkerr@gil.com.au>]

Your comments about XPT seats for overnight are painfully accurate. They are
a real challenge to sleep in. Try adding some padding somewhere in the back
area to help sleep. I always thought that NSW people must be built
differently to other Australians as I found NSW seats so uncomfortable, the
XPT have to be the most uncomfortable. The seats on the Overland were a
delight in comparison. In each case I am comparing overnight trips. One
reason I happily go overnight on QR compared to XPT. Overnight in the ICE
trains on QR is much inferior to the 'lander cars especially LAL, LBL cars.
John Kerr
Al wrote in message
<3abfed0d$0$25479$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>...
>Morning all,
>After catching the train from Newcastle to Melbourne and bumming around
that
>neck of the woods for a few days, here's my impressions:
>
>For the first time in a long time, a Cityrail train we were on actually
>arrived early.  We caught the 4:37 from Newcastle to Sydney, scheduled to
>arrive at 7:00pm, actually arrived at 6:58.  An extra 2 minutes of drinking
>time in the pub!
>
>Then on to the economy XPT for the overnight to Melbourne.  Whoever
designed
>those seats obviously never had to sit in them, let alone sleep.  When
they're
>upright, they're too upright, giving you the ejector seat feeling, while
they
>don't recline enough to give you a chance to get comfortable.  For the
money,
>next time I'll fly.
>