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Re: QR going national?
- Subject: Re: QR going national?
- From: "Barry Campbell" <campblbm@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:34:28 +1000
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< Tell > wrote in message <382bb4ff.8688333@news.ozemail.com.au>...
>Spot on Ian. There are political and resource rich
>reasons why QR is in the position it is today.
>
>To suggest, as have some dyed in the wool QR fans, that
>QR are so efficient nobody else can compete with them
>is laughable. Nobody denies that the Queensland rail
>system is in great shape, nobody denies that in recent
>years QR management have worked hard at making their
>system better, but they were able to afford that under
>a state enforced monopoly and price regime.
>
>Other systems in Australia were not so fortunate.
>
Well, with the possible exception of NSW. Management and unions ensured that
any possible gains were squandered. I could tell some stories but ...
Barry Campbell