Re: Traveling on the XPT

["WhaleOilBeefHooked" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

Russell Norton wrote in message <935628261.675010@diddley.primus.com.au>...

>I agree - If you must travel on an XPT, first class is the way to go,
>preferably car A, although it is expensive.

Only for overnight travel.

>Unless you qualify for a subsidised fare (which seems to apply to most
first
>class travellers anyway!), full fare 1st class is outrageously expensive.
As
>an example, you can fly from Wagga Wagga to Sydney in one hour, on a
>discounted ticket with Hazleton, for around the same price as a first class
>XPT fare, which takes 6 or so hours for the same journey.

You are comparing a discounted airfare with a full rail fare. The full adult
first class fare from Sydney to Wagga Wagga is indeed expensive - $100 - but
you can get the 50% discounted fares at off peak times, bringing it down to
$50, and if you book early enough, you can get the 10%, 20% 30% or 40%
discounted fares.

DaveP