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Re: Train travel question
- Subject: Re: Train travel question
- From: Dave Proctor <david@sd3.mailbank.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 12:57:13 GMT
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On Sun, 20 May 2001 20:16:22 +1000, "Chris Downs"
<cvdowns@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>The 1419 service to Sydney from Canberra/Griffith was 45' late (talk about
>happy campers waiting to join). To top it off they were all booked in the ex
>Griffith portion, the last 2 cars of the 5 car service so they all had to trek
>100m down the platform to join.
>
>What's the holding tolerance for either portion of this train to be held at
>Goulburn if the other portion is late?
Probably the time it would take to rustle up a driver for the late
portion. If a driver would take 90 minutes to get there, but the other
bit is only 70 minutes late, they might not bother.
(Just a guess though).
Dave