Re: Cockatoo Run Saved!

[Allan Brown <ajbrown@easy.com.au>]

The Cockatoo Run, the closest tourist railway to Sydney, is now being subsidised
by the government, to prevent its closure. I would have thought that the first
step would be to establish just *why* it needed that support, before committing
taxpayers' money into it.

Allan Brown

catchpoints@my-dejanews.com wrote:

> In article <01be1153$d316d800$fd5f868b@engine>,
>   "Tim Arnot" <timarnot@bigpond.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Bob Gioia <gioia@fastlink.com.au> wrote in article
> > <4GN32.38$95.530660@WReNphoon2>...
> > >   This morning the Transport Minister Carl Scully made a surprise visit
> > to
> > > the
> > > Cockatoo Run train at Port Kembla prior to the departure.. He announced
> > that
> > > he
> > >  has steped in to save the service and announced various financial
> > > concessions
> > > towards the operation of this service.
> >
> > Early days I know, but are these "financial concessions" restricted to the
> > Cockatoo run or are they available to all other heritage operators?
> >
> > The cynic in me realises that there is an election due in March 1999.......
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >
> What happened to the original idea back in 1994/1995, that this 'service' was
> not to be subsidised by the State ? This was made plain in the request for
> expressions of interest.
> Cheers,
>
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