Re: Interstate Platform at Geelong?

["David Martin" <d_martin@mountains.net.au>]

The Sydney - Adelaide service involves alighting from the XPT at Albury at
around 5am, & transferring to a VR coach which follows the Hume to Seymour
before heading north-west.

Having made the trip, I would MUCH prefer to remain on the XPT until
Seymour!

BTW, why do VR & CountryLink try so hard to hide the fact that this service
exists? Try finding it on their Web sites.

David Martin
http://info.mountains.net.au/rail/index.html



David <valley123@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
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> If there is such a large problem with trains stopping at Seymour, then an
> easy alternative would be to dual the platform closest to the platform at
> Seymour.
> All that is required is two sets of points, one stretch of line etc.
> This would be so much cheaper and stop all the problems.
>
> Anyone agree?
>
> David D
>
> David Langley <del@ancc.com.au> wrote in article
> <371C73C2.77A6FF1C@ancc.com.au>...
> Ben Staples wrote:
>
> > Grahame Ferguson <grahamef@users.mcmedia.com.au> wrote in message
> > 3711820c@nap-ns1">news:3711820c@nap-ns1...
> >
> > **SNIP**
>
> Further snip.
>
> >
> >
> >
> > 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).
>
> The council are not at all concerned with interstate trains stopping at
> Seymour
> in fact the council is not even in Seymour anymore. The platform was built
> during the time of our last District Superintendent and even he had no
luck
> getting regular stops by interstate trains. The bg trains all made
> reasonable
> connections at Albury and that was that.
>
> With the improvements in 1981 (i.e. reduced size trains and seat booking)
> it was
> now sometimes impossible to get on the Albury at short notice to go to
> Albury
> although it was nearly always possible to get seats on the Spirit etc. At
> that
> time more than ever the need was for the sg trains to stop - but alas no.
> And it
> is no closer to reality these days. At least the platform is still there
> and
> hasn't been removed to facilitate mechanised track maintenance.
>
> DEL
>
> >
> >
> > Ben Staples
>
>