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Re: Towards a better Passenger Service [WAS:Wonderful, Customer-Responsive GSR]

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Subject: Re: Towards a better Passenger Service [WAS:Wonderful, Customer-Responsive GSR]
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 21:30:05 +1100
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Alex Borodin wrote:

> 5-00am, actually... we don't have daylight saving in summer. I don't
> mind this
> so much if I've got a sleeper on the way up so I'm nice and refreshed,
> but 90% of the population can't afford to get a sleeper, and even if
> they
> could they wouldn't get one because there aren't enough of them.

Still not much good in the sleeper - they wake you up at 04:00 to announce over the
PA that breakfast is being served!

> I'd like to see the QR Tilt Train. Of course, why would anyone want to
> just
> go to Rocky? And a 120kph topspeed? Well, at least 1st class would
> really be
> 1st class!

I thought it was to be 160 km/h top speed.

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David Johnson
CityRail Guard
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http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

References:
- Re: Towards a better Passenger Service [WAS:Wonderful, Customer-Responsive GSR]
  - From: Alex Borodin <alex.borodin@qrail.com.au>

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