Re: Countrylink named as World's Worst Passenger Service

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

Jack (bd107@tsn.cc) wrote:

> thalytgv@my-dejanews.com wrote in message <

> >I'm not surprise, what kind of rail operator will replace popular and
> >comfortable loco haul sleeper carriages with terrible XPT?

> Maybe one that was looking at reducing costs? And providing more seats for
> the passengers... Compare the number of passengers which can travel by XPT
> (7 cars)  then do the same for "popular and comfortable"  old Expresses...

Bear in mind that Brisbane and Murwillumbah both used to get TWO sleeping
car trains per day. This was in addition to the North Coast Daylight
Express to Grafton and the North Coast Mail to Casino.

Cheers
David