Re: Future Urban Transit System?

["Andrew Honan" <ahonan@zipworld.com.au>]

I really don't think the Cooma line was ever very profitable. It was very
infrequently used and poorly maintained in the mid 1970's.

I wonder what the patronage is like on the Canberra to Sydney line??

I remember catching the 12:30 train from Canberra to Goulburn on a Sunday
afternoon around 1976-77 during winter, to get back to Uni in Syd. We got to
Goulburn around 4:30 - 5:30 to link up with the Riverina Express. Man was it
COLD and dark.

Andrew Honan

David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> Andrew Honan wrote:
> >
> > What about poor old Kingston Railway station!!
> > It has since lost all relevance. It is half way between a freight yard
and a
> > passenger terminal. The best time about it was that you use to be able
to go
> > to Cooma from there. Alas the Cooma line was totally uneconomical.
>
> But was it, or did somebody in a Sydney office just decide it was?
>
> Cheers
> David