Re: ABC News and the Overland >> the end is nigh.!

[mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)]

In article <6ff11k$i3j$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net> telljb@ozemail.com.au (Tell) writes:
>From: telljb@ozemail.com.au (Tell)
>Subject: ABC News and the Overland >> the end is nigh.!
>Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 01:59:09 GMT

>Hello Folks

>Did anyone else pick up the late TV news on ABC last
>night.  GSR are saying the Overland is costing them BIG
>money and its future is in doubt.

>----Tell
>Alice Springs NT

Well surprise surprise.
The Overland never made any money, even when it ran with 14 cars every night.
Running it with 5 cars and an NR sure doesnt help in the profitability stakes.
What are the contractual arrangements of GSR pulling the plug and not running 
the train.
Maybe its time for Countrylink to start thinking about XPTS to Adelaide.

cheers
MD