>Time actually in the air
>
>Time docking at destination
>
Ditto, how long have you waited on a train outside Sydney or Melbourne
awaiting a path?
>Time to collect baggage
>
Ditto train
>Time organising getting your lost baggage redirected from Brisbane to
>your destination address!
>
Like THIS never happened with the railways....
>Time getting from the airport to my final destination.
>
Ditto....
>All up your 1 hour trip may take anything up to 5-6 hours.
>
Theoretically the same could be said for your 13 hour train trip taking
17-19 hours. Lets look at that from your perspective.
AIR
TRAIN
Boronia to Terminal - 55 mins train, 50 mins bus - 55 mins train
Waiting time at terminal - 15 mins - 30 mins
Travel time - 1
- 13 hr
Collect luggage,etc - 15 mins -
15mins
Reach destination - maybe 20 mins in favour of train, not having
ever gone to Adelaide, I am unsure of a fair comparison - perhaps someone
can add a fair guess.
Anyway TOTAL - 3hrs 35 inc. weighting in favour of rail at
destination - 14hr 40 by train. Thus air wins by 11 hrs. Even if you cut the
rail journey by 3 hours with track upgrading, etc - speed still makes little
difference.
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