Al <alpout@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message 3aee66cf$0$25465$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au">news:3aee66cf$0$25465$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au... > Well, with the cheap airfares gone between Sydney and Melbourne (since Qantas > has taken over Impulse), wanna bet on the XPT patronage going up again? > Nothing would make me back travelling on an XPT, I would rather drive!