Re: Cockatoo Run Saved!

["Darren Yates" <dyates@pnc.com.au>]

Isn't the main problem that Rail Access upped the fees on the storage siding
by a factor of three just recently.
Maybe the question should be asked of the RAC just why it needed to tripple
its fees?
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Cheers,
Darren Yates
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Allan Brown wrote in message <3650C147.8DBDC028@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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