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Personally, it's done bugger all- last night on the 1729 Marshall we still had people standing/sitting on the floor. it's just created more standing room space if anything.[/quote]

I reck ...

Like the heading says, on Fri 28 Nov I'm driving Canberra to Yass Junction to meet the overnight XPT to Melbourne. Leaving Canberra 11.15pm. If anyone wants a lift and is willing to share costs PM me. ...

Thadocta, there are certainly flights between Portland and Melbourne(Essendon), flown by Sharp Airlines.

Personally I wouldn't expect a dramatic increase in patronage for Countrylink, because even ...

Reluctantly considering driving to Yass Junction. Anyone know how safe it is leaving a car at Yass Junction railway station over the weekend? Cheers.

Does anyone know of a way to get to/from Yass/Cootamundra from/to Canberra to meet/get off the overnight Sydney-Melbourne XPT?

Countrylink have a connecting coach that meets the daylight Sydney-Mel ...

As uncomfortable as it is sitting next to an overweight person who seems to take up all your shoulder and arm space on flights, I think weighing passengers would just be completely humiliating for som ...

I can only laugh when a liberal MP knocks Labor's running of V/line. Laughing

V/line was a shamble under Kennett. Who closed the Warrnambool rail line Terry Mulder? That's right, YOUR party when they wer ...

When my sister was in high school she had a casual job at a surf shop selling retail clothing. The bosses wanted all the staff to sign that they would lose all penalty rates for weekends. Anyway my si ...

Regional express (Rex) fly on the Sydney-Albury route for $98, but if you book less than about 6 weeks in advance it costs about $142. Travel time is 1 hr 20 min. Countrylink I'm sure won't be the onl ...

I think there's a bit too much fuss about cost recovery with V/line. I mean, what's the cost recovery on building highways? NIL (unless there's a toll of course)

Both roads and rail provide a serv ...

Saying the trip is a waste of money I think is a bit simplistic. Cities like Zurich, Berlin and Paris really are inspirational from a PT perspective, which need to be experienced to be appreciated. Se ...

Graham said "Make rail usable and a better option than road and people will (hopefully) see the light and travel by rail..."

I completely agree Graham! Under Kennett Liberals V/line intercity was a ...

It's so easy to get away from ferals on the intercity trains: It's called 1st class! But on the urban trains the solution isn't so simple. And then there's also the problem of actual crime, hmmm....

Singapore has a very high level of public transport usage and a low level of crime. Follow their model Wink

I like your thinking 2001.

It'd be great if V/line sent Vlocities into the country! At present the Warrnambool trains aren't that much slower than driving into Melbourne, but a Vlocity would make train travel much faster than d ...