Re: Tailem Bend service [was Re: line extension?]

[Arthur Marsh <marsh@ties.itu.ch>]

This was a proposal for a tourist service.

Notagunzel wrote:
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> Arthur Marsh <marsh@ties.itu.ch> wrote in message
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> > The Tailem Bend passenger service proposal rated a mention in a recent
> > issue of Catchpoint magazine. Can anyone care to elaborate?
> 
> The Overland no longer stops at Tailem Bend.
> 
> So obviously the citizens of Tailem Bend can't be trusted with a interstate service.
> |-)
> 
> A Commuter style of operation IMHO needs to get to Adelaide station to be viable,
> terminating at Keswick is too far out of town to be customer friendly.  This is of
> course complicated by the fact Tailem Bend is on the 'Narrow Gauge', whereas only BG
> penetrates Adelaide.
> 
> I wonder, what is the running time Tailem Bend - Adelaide road vs rail?

GSR does Keswick to Murray Bridge in about 1 hour 45 minutes, compared
with about 1 hour even for Adelaide to Murray Bridge by road. Murray
Bridge to Tailem Bend would be fairly similar times by either road or
rail *if* one actually went from town centre to town centre rather than
the Swanport road which bypasses Murray Bridge.

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