Re: XPTs to return to Canberra?

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

Dave Proctor (daproc@spambait.umpires.com) wrote:
: David Bromage wrote in message ...
: >I received word from a usually reliable source that the 6.50 up and 18.14
: >down Canberra Xplorers will become 2+5 XPTs "some time next year", and may
: >run express Campbelltown - Moss Vale - Goulburn on weekdays. This is due
: >to increasing popularity and heavy bookings on these services for most of
: >this year.

: Whenever I have been on SP23 and SP20, they have been nowhere near full.
: Although, given that this normally coincides with a night at Casino
: Canberra, and I sleep all the way back, I not really "compos mentis" - but I
: definitely have most of car C to myself.

I've travelled on these services several times this year. Even outside
school holidays I've found them 75-80% full ex-Bungendore and usually full
ex-Goulburn. I have also experienced double booking more than once this
year, including one which got be bumped to first class.

Cheers
David