Re: Ghan times suffering in the Alice lately.?

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

Maurie Daly wrote in message ...

>Also in relation to the Ghan , I was looking at GSRs fares for this service
>and noticed some oddities, for example the 1st class fare from Melb to AP
is
>$895 but the 1st class fare from AP to Melb is $795 , ie its dearer to
travel
>from Melb to AP than from AP to Melb.
>All the other fares for this route have the same differances although the
>differances are smaller.

Melbourne to Alice Springs, you are on the train for two nights - Alice
Springs to Melbourne, you are only on it for one (lloks like GSR are
perpetuating the railway charging regime, rather than charging for the
journey).

>GSRs other routes though , ie AP to Sydney is as you would expect the same
in
>both directions as are their IP and Overland fares.

See above.

>Anyone know why this is ?
>Maybe theres something extra you get for travelling one way or its a plot
by
>the NT Govt to keep you in the NT.

DaveP