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

["Dagz" <dagz@goulburn.net.au>]

Dagz <dagz@goulburn.net.au> wrote in message news:...
> 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.
>
>