Re: TransAdalaide

[mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)]

In article <Pine.OSF.4.05.9905170920000.15629-100000@ties.itu.ch> arthur marsh <marsh@ties.itu.int> writes:
>From: arthur marsh <marsh@ties.itu.int>
>Subject: Re: TransAdalaide
>Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 09:23:19 +0200

>Of course, the North Terrace station work occurred in the mid-1980's. I
>remember the inconvenience in 1986 of being unable to take myself and a
>bicycle off the train from Belair and onto the Gawler bound train due to
>hold-ups with ticket inspections and narrow walkways full of commuters and
>an unwillingness to support those who were trying to make a connecting
>service.


I must admit that the last time I visited Adelaide and travelled a bit thru 
the Adelaide Hills,I was amazed at how far out the suburbs had gone.
Mt Barker is now a very large place .
Even places like Nairne have grown much larger than they were back in the STA 
days.
Obviously running a commuter service on SG has its problems,like rolling 
stock, but thats surely no reason to not do it.
Even places like Murray Bridge have grown from the old SAR days when there 
used to be around 6 to 8 services a day.
If the SA Govt cant see itself able to provide such services , why not do what 
the Kennett Govt has done and sell a franchise or lease to the private sector 
to provide such services.
A daily fast service to Pt Pirie and Pt Augusta should be viable as well as 
Murray Bridge .

MD