Re: Southern Arurora

["David Proctor" <daproc@spam_this.umpires.com>]

David wrote in message <01be655c$89c77760$426760cb@pentium>...
>I think it would be nice if there was just one re enactment train of the
>Arurora from Sydney to Melbourne and return. Since there is a plenty of
>rolling stock around I am sure people would go for this.  I know I would!

Better still, why can't a private operator reinstitute the train. As a
fromer travel agent, I know that a lot of my corporate clients did not want
to get the first flight of the morning to get into SYD/MEL for early
meetings (having to be up at 0300 or thereabouts to make the first flight -
meant they were not in the best condition for those meetings) but were
worried about the costs of flying down the night before and staying in a
hotel.

I truely believe that a sleeping berth train, charging the same as the
economy airfare (currently approx. $260 one way) and providing meals and
drinks, would capture a large part of the business market, particularly if
allied with air travel (e.g. finish meeting at 2pm instead of 6pm - fly back
instead)

A timetable of 1900 - 0700 in each direction would ork rather well, and
would have a bit of inbuilt reliability at each end (meetings would not
start B4 0830 - allowing for late arrivals) - and the business people would
arrive relaxed (after a night in bed, a shower, a fll breakfast included in
the fare).

DaveP