Re: Country(link?) - try walking instead

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Chris Stratton <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Which brings me to the other problem... why have that stupid
Murwillumbah
> > service which people from Brisbane have to connect via coach with? The
> > coaches are _ALWAYS_ booked out and half the Brisbane passengers have to
> > wait for the daylight service.  Murwillumbah is a tiny insignificant dot
> > compared to Brisbane, so where is the market? Why not connect to
>
> The market is those other insignificant places like Tweed Heads,
> Coolangatta, and Surfers Paradise. Before the Gold Coast Railway (and
maybe
> still) it was easier get the bus to Murwillumbah rather than to Brisbane.

Did you know that it takes only 45 mins to get to Surfers from Brisbane by
coach or rail/bus? Do you know how long it takes to get to Surfers from
Murwillumbah? It's not much faster, let me tell you. If necessary, QR could
stop the Gold Coast train at one of the better stations on the Beenleigh
line (like Yeerongpilly),  where it runs parallel with the XPT and
passengers could swap without ever having to get into Roma St and stuff
around with crowds. QR is quite flexible with this sort of arrangement, but
CountryLink lacks the entrepreneurial spirit to be able to make it so.

Honestly, how many people who can afford to stay in Surfer's Paradise would
catch the XPT from Sydney? They can catch a plane to Coolangatta for the
same price and arrive in much better shape for their holiday!