Re: Tangaras in Melbourne

David Proctor (daproc@spamsux.bigfoot.com)
Mon, 20 Apr 1998 14:55:03 +1000

Michael Walker wrote in message <892997364.762856@woody.hotkey.net.au>...
>My point is that for a cost of $20 million which can purchase 9 Comeng
>carriages or 4 4D carriages, the cost of the 9 Comeng carriages is a better
>use of the given sum as the 9 single deck carriages will hold more paying
>customers for your $20m than 4 4D carriages even though the 4D cars will
>hold more passengers in a given space (ie that of a 3 car Comeng or 4 car
>4D). Is this clear enough???????

No - it is still a silly argument. Buying a fleet of double deck trains
would cost less per seat than a fleet of single deck trains, if the same
number of trains was ordered. You are comparing apples with oranges. The 4D
was $20million, in the early 1990's (although it was a bicentennial project,
it was well after 1988 when it was built - Sydney did not get its first
Tangara until 1987!) and you are comparing the cost of a single build set
that had to be heavily altered from its prototypes, with a fleet build 11
years earlier. It is really no comparison.

Regards

David "The Doctor" Proctor
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