Re: New Caves Express

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

Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au> wrote in message
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> It would be nice but:
> Where would you get the carriages?
Rolling stock would be new, old-style carriages. Steel frame, modern
suspension,
 lacquered timber lining.

> Where would you get the finance?
I'm floating an idea, that's what I do. Finance is something which some
other people do.

> Where would you fit another train in an already tight timetable?
> (Remember the springwould - City would be in peak hour. The train would
> also hold less than a V set)
That could be a problem.

> Why would anyone want to pay extra when most of the time they are
> asleep?
If you were 6'4'' tall, like me, you'd be interested. But there are also
people who want to make productive use of there time on the train.

> How would you staff the train?
Call a human resources agency. They specialise in that sort of thing.

> Would you have full productivity from your staff?
Ask the human resources specialists.

> The train service will have to make money. Otherwise we will have
> another usless operator asking for government handouts to keep running a
> novelty train service whilst trying to say that they are a legitimate
> company.
Agreed. With the right marketing, it should create it's own market.

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> Don't get me wrong if it would work, I'll be all for it. Others
> including my self have thought of it but have come up with the above
> problems.
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> rgds


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