Re: Trains to Newcastle.

["David V. Mills" <dvm@onaustralia.com.au>]

> Crookesp wrote:
> > 
> > Interested to know this...
> > 
> > How long should it take to travel:
> > 
> > Sydney - Newcastle
> > Newcastle - Taree
> > Taree - Brisbane

Sydney - Taree is just over 5 hours (except I just noticed that NT1 skips
some stops and is a bit quicker).

There are three XPTs a day that go Sydney to Taree, one of which continues
to Brisbane...

> > 
> > Is there a ticket one can buy to cover such a trip? 

If you want to stop at each place (Newcastle, Taree, Brisbane), I don't
believe there is a single ticket that works this way, you could get three
tickets for the seperate sections.

> > A Website
> > showing times / fares?
> > 

David Johnsons RailPage has timetables but not fares:
http://www.railpage.org.au/tt/brisbane.html
You could try the CountryLink Sales Email address:
sales@countrylink.nsw.gov.au (off the CountryLink Home Page:
http://www.countrylink.nsw.gov.au/index.htm )

> > last April we drove - I'd rather go by train, if it works and if
> > I can afford it.
> > 
> > *Philip*
> > 
> > (in Berlin,Germany,  so please no 13 nnn numbers to call!)

Cheers,

David.
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David V. Mills    dvm@onaustralia.com.au    dvm@bigpond.com