Re: Three-letter codes

[Chris Gordon <c.gordon@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au.#>]

Barry Campbell wrote:

> Peter O'Halloran wrote in message <350a6d1c.0@herald.canberra.edu.au>...
> >>Both Victoria and NSW use some strange three-letter codes for station
> >>names.  Are they part on a nationwide scheme?
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >Are they the same codes used by airlines to identify cities ??
>

Yes.  The system used for the trains is on the Quants Mainframe system.  So they
have the same PNR reference numbers and Codes for Stations.

> >
> >All of the locations you listed do have regular flights to them.
> >
> >
> With the exception of Lennox Head
>
> Barry Campbell


Chris Gordon
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