Re: Interstate Platform at Geelong?

["Ben Staples" <98711576@feline.hawkesbury.uws.EDU.AU>]

Grahame Ferguson <grahamef@users.mcmedia.com.au> wrote in message
3711820c@nap-ns1">news:3711820c@nap-ns1...

**SNIP**

> As regards platform size be thankful, because in Seymour they have been
> trying to get the XPT to stop at their 2 car platform for many years, but
> the local politicians in the State parliament just pass the buck, and with
> the railway officials (V/line & CountryLink), it is a case of- well if we
> didn't do it 30 years ago we don't do it now.
> CountryLink will stop at The Rock, Henty, Culcairn, and Uranquinty, but if
> your town has a population base of 11,000 (Seymour+Puckapunyal) well they
don't stop.

If it is the council that is trying to get the XPT to stop, they should put
their money where their mouth is and extend the platform so the XPT only has
to stop once. (This comment is possibly said in absolute ignorance).

Ben Staples