Re: Interstate Platform at Geelong + elsewhere

["David Proctor" <daproc@sd4.mailbank.com>]

Hi Steve - Whilst you are accurate, I cannot see the point in your posting -
there was no reference to carriage numbers in the parts you were replying
to.

DaveP

Sheena and Steve Dalton wrote in message <3719AC24.82C578F5@smart.net.au>...
>Unless they have changed the seating plans on the XPT in the last 8
>months, the time I left my Station Officer's Job at Corio, you will find
>that the car's A, B, C, are all first class.
>A as everyone should know is the first class fixed seating during the
>day and sleeper at night.
>B is a first class seating car
>C is the buffet car, with about 15-20 seats first class, with seats set
>aside for ill passenger's.
>
>
>Steve Dalton
>
>David Bromage wrote:
>>
>> lbrash@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>> > In article <7f5h1h$sps@ob1.uws.EDU.AU>,
>> >   "Ben Staples" <98711576@student.hawkesbury.uws.edu.au> wrote:
>>
>> > > > in Seymour they have been
>> > > > trying to get the XPT to stop at their 2 car platform for many
years...
>> > > > 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).
>>
>> > It has always seemed inconsistent to me to have the XPT stop at
Strathfield,
>> > Campbelltown, Moss Vale on the way out of Sydney, but no stops between
>> > Benalla and Melbourne. From the hopelessly naive perspective that
"they"
>> > should be trying to increase patronage, of course there should be a
full SG
>> > platform at Seymour, and also at either Broadmeadows or Craigieburn.
>>
>> Broadmeadows has better suburban connections, and there's plenty of room
>> for a platform. Don't forget the currently unused platform at Sunshine.
>>
>> Cheers
>> David