>Maurie Daly wrote:
>
>> Lots I suspect, but part of the XPTs slowness is the idiotic policy of the SRA
>> of going backwards and converting places like Kyogle Loop, Loadstone
>> Loop,Glenapp and bromelton into unnattended electric staff stations so every
>> train has to stop.
>
>You have to admit there are hardly enough trains to warrant paying staff full time just to
>work these trains through.
>
>> WE have CTC all the way from Telarah to Casino,you cant tell me that the SRA
>> cant afford to extend it to Greenbank.
>
>SRA wouldn't be interested in that. They only run one train in each direction each day.
>
>
I suggest that rthe SRA might like to see it done, but that RAC will
not do it unless some-one else pays. And there are certainly more
National Rail freights involved than Countrylink XPTs.
Pete.