Re: XPT to Adelaide - Whyalla!

[mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)]

In article <b.backway.459.3485E852@trl.oz.au> b.backway@trl.oz.au (BOB BACKWAY) writes:
>From: b.backway@trl.oz.au (BOB BACKWAY)
>Subject: Re: XPT to Adelaide -  Whyalla!
>Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 23:16:34 GMT

>In article David Bromage writes:

>> It may be possible to squeeze in a day return to
>>somewhere like Whyalla during the idle time. 

>How many passengers would be on such a train?


Probably not many, at least initially anyway,but the alternative question is 
how much revenue is earnt by an XPT car set sitting at Keswick all day doing 
nothing?

You might also ask the same question about the car set that is used on the 
Overland.
Passenger trains dont make any money if they arnt carrying passengers.

cheers
MD

Maurie Daly
Sen Tech Officer
DCA Comms Lab
Canberra
Australia
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