Re: Bus vs XPT (or is that XPT vs Bus?) (was: Parramatta (nsw) station)

[Don Allitt <nahgfa@zeta.org.au>]

Yes it is tempting to go by bus but i worry about one driver from Sydney to
Melbourne.Don.

Gareth Lumsden wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, WhaleOilBeefHooked wrote:
>
> > Michael Walker wrote in message <931438796.507144@woody.hotkey.net.au>...
> >
> > >Gareth, shame on you. Not for the Blacktown mix up, fairly understandable.
> > >But you came home on a (cough cough, tries to spit words out) BUS (oops,
> > >sorry DaveP and Countrylink, luxury coordinated road coach)!
>
> Yes, I know, I should of caught the train.
> All the wonderful publicity Countrylink gets on this ng, together with
> their "value-for-money prices", convinced me to do otherwise.
> You can't beat Firefly's $70 return!
>
> > Ahem - "luxury co-ordinated road coaches" are those road vehicles that
> > connect with trains. If they operate from Sydney to Melboring, they are
> > BUSES - and no amount of air-conditioning, videos and recling seats will
> > make them anything else!
> >
> > DaveP
>
> Sorry Dave,
> Don't you mean "from Shitney to Melbourne"? ;-)
>
> Gareth.
>
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