Re: [NSW] Bondi Beach Train Tickets

["Al" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

"David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:pU0I6.90$ZJ.2286@ozemail.com.au...
> From today's Herald Column 8
>
> "At Wynyard station, Christopher Zinn saw, astonished, that the ticket
> machine listed his suburb, Bondi Beach, as a station. He had been overseas
> for a month, so had they managed to build the line in that time? A single to
> Bondi Beach costs $3.80 single, compared with Bondi Junction's $2.40. We
> checked. No, they're still discussing the beach extension, with no timetable
> for construction. But lo, on the ticket-machine, Bondi Beach was listed, so
> we blew the month's budget on a single to see what it said.
>
> All was answered. The small type on the ticket said By train and bus via
> Bondi Junction. Confusing? Said Mr Zinn: "Tourists may be naive enough to
> believe there should be a train to Australia's most popular beach." And, we
> wonder, will these tickets be on sale for the years it takes to build the
> line?"
>
> Is this a first for single tickets rail/bus in Sydney?  Bus/ferry have been
> around for yonks.  Makes a lot of sense, it's amazing that CityRail and
> Sydney Buses have got together for this.  What next - Wynyard to Manly by
> Rail/ferry?
>
> Regards
>
> David Bennetts
>
>
>


Tickets for Toronto are still available, even though that lines been closed
for ~10 years.  You just jump on the bus with the ticket, no probs.

Al