>Wonderful! And what will this achieve? Toss all, thats what. We'll
>merely go from a second rate, sub-standard service that we blame the
>government for, to a second-rate sub-standard service we'll blame some
>northern yankee mob for. Hip hip hooray. If I was any more sold on Vic
>Govt transport privatisation, I'd be their salesman..... NOT!
>
>Earl
I'm no particular fan of privatisation for the sake of privatisation,
but considering how Wisconsin Central, as part owner of TranzRail in
New Zealand have performed, it could actually be very good news for
Melbourne.
It is not as if the Met had been a shining example of a well run
service. It arguably would be very hard for anyone to run it as badly
as it has been run this last decade or so.
Wisconsin Central have proven themselves very capable of operating a
quality service capable of attracting significant passengers and
freight back to rail. Isn't this what we want a rail system to do?
Alex...
>
>Brian Evans wrote:
>>
>> In article <891052346.211576@woody.hotkey.net.au>, "Michael Walker" <walker@hotkey.net.au> wrote:
>> >This week has seen some prospective buyers touring the Hillside Rail system.
>> >Tuesday saw some people from either an American merchant company or a
>> >company with the name American Merchant - my source wasn't sure - and today
>> >there are some more people getting a tour of the system but I couldn't find
>> >out who. The Tuesday people got a raw deal dealing only with middle
>> >management but todays tour involves high up management including Hillside
>> >head Roger Mendes. More info as details come to hand...
>> >P.S. You may notice that stations are cleaner today than normal on Hillbilly
>> >Rail, station staff were instructed to have the place looking good for
>> >today. Some stations were even vacuumed (the first time in a number of
>> >months for some).
>>
>> The strong rumour is that Wisconcin Central want to buy the whole network. That is
>> Hillside, Bayside and the Freight Services plus the track. This is why the
>> privatisation has been delayed.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Brian