Re: [melb] New-ish Connex Ads

["dEaThKnOcK" <deathknock@NOSPAMoptusnet.com.au>]

"OgO" <quentisl@leaves.qjc.cjb.net> wrote in message
news:Xns906C61AFB2C2ogo1mynxwowaustcom@203.109.250.24...
> In aus.rail, on 22 Mar 2001, Michael Wierzbinski announced:
> >
> >Why, they are competing against each other. just like Coles and Safeway
> >want your grocery dollar.
> >
>
> How exactly can they be competing against each other?  If I want to go to
> Epping, or Lilydale, or .... I have to ride on a Connex train...
>
> If I want to go to Dandenong or Frankston or ... I have to get a Bayside
> train...
>
> Where is the competition?

The competition I was referring to was revenue, as obviously the more fare
paying passengers they carry, the more money they get. So people who live
between various railway lines do have a choice.
>
> The only choice I have is if I get the train or a taxi (or drive, but I
> don't drive).  If I get the train I have to use the operator that runs on
> the line I want to travel on...
>
> >(donning flame-proof suit)
>
> You don't need the flame-proof suit, just an explaination of your
> reasoning...
>
> Regards
>
> OgO
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