> Mind you if the line is built, an enterprising
> organisation will make a killing if they put
> together an Adelaide to Darwin "Discovery" Passenger
> train, what an experience that would be after all these
> years. A once in a lifetime trip for sure. ;-)
>
> ----Tell
> Alice Springs NT
>
Tell,
I think you have answered the reason why no passenger trains will run.
Oz folk see trains as a "once in a life time" event, hardly a way to sustain a
viable passenger business.
The railways have always believed if it breaths it don't pay!
Nic