Re: Where will the inter urban carriages come from for the Olympics

["John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com>]

This sounds like a job for the Bus Industry. Many route buses will be going
to Sydney for the Olympics from Melbourne and other places, so why not lots
of coaches to supplement the trains?

V Line and Country Link are in the business of moving people from point A to
point B. Buses should be used where they are more economical than rail, and
to supplement holiday peak travel. Passengers would prefer the comfort of an
air conditioned coach to an antique cold and draughty railway carriage
dragged out of a museum for the weekend! (Most people don't want to travel
Gunzel Class)

Gone are the days when the railways had spare carriages available for the
school holiday and Easter rush.

Cheers
John Wayman

Dave Malcolm <keithm@commslab.gov.au> wrote in message
keithm.44.375799F6@commslab.gov.au">news:keithm.44.375799F6@commslab.gov.au...
> In article <7j7uaf$hvo$1@merki.connect.com.au> "Dagz"
<dagz@goulburn.net.au> writes:
> >From: "Dagz" <dagz@goulburn.net.au>
> >Subject: Where will the inter urban carriages come from for the Olympics
> >Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 17:18:50 +1000
>
> >At present the Endeavour train sets from Goulburn are usually packed
during
> >the school holidays with commuters who leave their vehicles at Goulburn
to
> >take advantage of the cheaper fairs compared with the country link booked
> >service.
> >The Country Link service from Canberra is usually booked out unless you
want
> >to pay the extra for a first class ? service. How will the service cope
with
> >the extra connuters wanting to get to Sydney for the Olympic Games when
the
> >service cannot cope with normal school holiday traffic.
> >Have you ever tried to book a seat on the train out of Canberra even on a
> >normal friday evening service.
> >Unless you know at least a week in advance that you will be travelling
you
> >have no show of getting a booking as a economy (normal budget) passenger.
> >Every holidays and on the occasional weekends when my dayghter who lives
in
> >Canberra wants to visit me she has a near impossible time trying to
secure a
> >seat on the regular commuter service.
> >What is the government going to do about  the hundreds of extra
passengers?
> >Allow them to stand,  there are no spare endevour or explorer sets to
speak
> >of and what will happen if their is a breakdown?
> >Will they run sets with serious fume problems or motors not functioning
> >properly or with broken air conditioning. That has been their answer in
> >school holidays according to my ex and our daughters experience.
>
> Perhaps their going to hire cars and locos from the heritage operators,
just a
> thought.
>
> Dave Malcolm
>