Re: Future Urban Transit System?

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

In article <7rdi07$cil$1@the-fly.zip.com.au> "Andrew Honan" <ahonan@zipworld.com.au> writes:
>From: "Andrew Honan" <ahonan@zipworld.com.au>
>Subject: Re: Future Urban Transit System?
>Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 22:32:49 +1000

>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

Cant comment on the patronage now, but when XPTs ran to Canberra they were 
extremely well patronised, especially the weekend ones which were usually 
still almost full leaving Goulburn.

MD