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Re: New Bundaberg Tilt train to commence.

Subject: Re: New Bundaberg Tilt train to commence.
From: David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 11:02:35 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: RailPage Australia http://www.railpage.org.au
References: <379aa911.0@news.bris.corplink.com.au> <7neq16$2hv1$1@otis.netspace.net.au>

Garry Hoddinett wrote:
> 
> Why does this train leave Bundaberg at the ridiculous hour of 5:00am?  From
> a marketing perspective wouldn't the train be better leaving at 6:00, 6:30
> or 7:00?  This would still enable the return Rockhampton service to arrive
> at Rocky at a reasonable hour.  What have loadings been like on the tilt
> train?

Two reasons:
1) Allows provisioning time to form the down Rockhampton.
2) Gets business people into Brisbane at a reasonable time for meetings.

Cheers
David

References:
- New Bundaberg Tilt train to commence.
  - From: "MattyQ" <matticueQ@corplink.com.au>
- Re: New Bundaberg Tilt train to commence.
  - From: "Garry Hoddinett" <hoddos@netspace.net.au>

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