Re: VLP sold

[steam4me@enternet.com.au (Yuri J Sos/Melbourne)]

On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 12:36:45 +1000, sthyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au
(Stuart Thyer) wrote, and I selectively quote:

>Just out, VLP sold to National express
>Also sold to Nat Exp. is Hillside trains & Swanston trams......

No, not sold, *given* to National Express, according to 1 pm ABC radio
news.

Nat Express have to spend $1 billion (not specified where) over the
next 15 years in attracting new passengers.  

According to Peter Batchelor, Opposition Spokesman on Transport, said
that National Express now had access to $3½ billion worth of ticket
sales, owning three of the five major public transport operators.

They did say on 12 o'clock news that they would re-open "closed" lines
(perhaps they meant to say resume suspended services, eg Bairnsdale,
Mildura).

       
Regards

Yuri
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