Re: New Siding nr Altona Junction?

["Gill" <torpan@ozemail.com.au>]

When will the Darwin connection be started?
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Gill
Manly,SYDNEY.
AUSTRALIA
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Lachlan Smith <lsmith@senet.com.au> wrote in article
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> > Is it to run to Sydney directly from Adelaide or via Melbourne? I am
> > guessing direct as I am sure Countrylink would have something to say if
> via
> > Melbourne but then they could use a little competition from a real
train
> > instead of the very fast coach they use 8^) - (referring of course to
the
> > spartan conditions provided by XPTs that are not much better than a
> string
> > of 7 buses on rail - maybe they should consider a passenger version of
> > Trailerail! Compared of course to the relatively luxurious journey
> provided
> > by The Ghan.)
> > 
> According to a recent article in the Advertiser, and I am almost 100%
> certain
> it is correct, the Sydney Ghan will not run via Melbourne, it will run
via
> Broken 
> Hill as per the IP, calling in to Adelaide on the way to Alice Springs
> => each week there will be one Melbourne-Adelaide-Alice
> Springs-Adelaide-Melbourne
>  and one Sydney-Adelaide-Alice Springs-Adelaide-Sydney Ghan.
> 
> Lachlan 
>