Re: [NSW] Money wasted on taxis

["Arthur Marsh" <arthur.marsh@adelaide.edu.au>]

I never minded the time that Australian National upgraded me from coach
class to sleeper on the Indian Pacific from Adelaide to Sydney at no charge
(-:.

"David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:yJXO6.3181$Ld4.139835@ozemail.com.au...
> Local Southern Highlands member Peta Seaton is kicking up a fuss over
money
> expended on taxis (said to be $1000) when passengers expecting to connect
> with a CityRail service at Campbelltown to Southern Highlands, but missing
> the tabled connection through CityRail delays,  were refused boarding on a
> half empty Countrylink XPT service heading south.
>
> The Highlands Post reports that the MP was appalled by the incredible
waste
> of money, when alternative transport was available.
>
> I have heard that the situation has worked in the reverse order in the
past,
> where an Endeavour set has been commandeered at Goulburn and substituted
for
> a failed Xplorer on the Canberra run, for the remainder of the journey.
> Maybe it's all right for passengers to be downgraded in their comfort
> levels, but they must never be upgraded.
>
>
> Regards
>
> David Bennetts
>
>
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