Re: My trip to Adelaide (was The overland - input wanted)

David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au)
23 Apr 1998 03:29:33 GMT

brett.fitzpatrick@employment.gov.au wrote:
>And, the two passenger trains per day would get larger as the service
>"matures" with the high probability of extra services being required.

Agreed. The fast you go the more productive a fixed number of carriages
can be. Two sets running on 5 hours schedules would allow three services
per day between capitals, say 7am, 1pm and 6pm. Better than having your 2
sets idle during the day.

Cheers
David