Re: Half-price trips in passenger rail revamp

Terry Burton (telljb@ozemail.com.au)
Sun, 02 Nov 1997 12:40:09 GMT

"Adam Joyce" <NoSpam_9706360s@magpie.magill.unisa.edu.au>
wrote:
>Here's a very interestng article that appeared in the Adelaide Advertiser
>(31/10/97) regarding GSR's operations of The Ghan, Overland and Indian
>Pacific.
>Two weekly services to Alice Springs and a shorter travelling time to
>Melbourne are part of Great Southern Railways' vision for passenger rail in
>Australia.

This annoys me, AN have been running two Ghan services for
years, the second service was seasonal, but GSR have given
the impression this is a first. The local media up here who
should have known better, fell for this as well.
They intend to run the second service all year around, to be
accurate.

>INTRODUCTION of a second weekly Ghan service between Adelaide and Alice
>Springs with the creation of up to 20 extra jobs.

How about all the jobs lost with the slaughter of AN.
Still.... the pollies will like that one, 20 extra jobs.

----Tell
Alice Springs NT