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per1
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:42 pm
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Why isnt there a passenger service to Canberra?
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TheRev
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:47 pm
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Because they are frightened of Fyshwick shenanigans.
Shouldn't you be asking this the the NSW or ACT forum?
A bus is a glorified toaster on wheels.
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route14
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:20 am
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Well, what's actually implied is obviously "why is there no rail passenger service Melbourne to Canberra". This is partly due to the track configuration at Goulburn.
Not the black cat
nor the white cat
but the right cat
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TheRev
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:28 am
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A connecting Sydney or Melbourne bound CountryStink service would probably make some sense I suppose; that's if the passenger numbers would warrant it.
A bus is a glorified toaster on wheels.
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574M
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:27 am
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| per1 wrote: | | Why isnt there a passenger service to Canberra? |
There is. Two daily services with connecting buses from Albury.
Two services on Saturdays and and one on Sundays.
Quite well priced, too, I might add.
VOTE NOW in the 2008 BOGIES
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The Vinelander
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Location: Ballan, Victoria on the Ballarat RFR Line
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:48 am
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Ahh, the good old days with the composite Canberra car attached to the 'Spirit 
Pity I was too young to have travelled on it.
Mike, in Longreach, where every day is well over 30c 
The Vinelander, from Melbourne to Mildura was Victoria's only overnight sleeping car train which was launched 8/8/1972.
Ballan, the best town, on the best railway line, in the best state, of the best country in the World.
Longreach, Qld here we come The old pioneering town will never be the same.  |
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YM-Mundrabilla
Chief Commissioner
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:15 am
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| per1 wrote: | | Why isnt there a passenger service to Canberra? |
It is to ensure that Canberra remains isolated from the realities of life in the real world outside the ACT.
Sorry, I couldn't help it 
YM Mundrabilla
Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
Reality has been omitted for clarity.
Why is it that there are so many in high places who prefer activity to achievement?
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wongm
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:06 pm
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| per1 wrote: | | Why isnt there a passenger service to Canberra? |
Because I can pay Tiger Airways $49.95 to take me there from Melbourne, and it only takes an hour.
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drwaddles
In need of a breath mint
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:12 pm
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| per1 wrote: | | Why isnt there a passenger service to Canberra? |
Some sudanese immigrants bashed the railways at Noble Park and stole it.
People who talk out their asre usually have bad breath.
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ARG706
Chief Commissioner
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:16 pm
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| route14 wrote: | | Well, what's actually implied is obviously "why is there no rail passenger service Melbourne to Canberra". This is partly due to the track configuration at Goulburn. |
It's a pity that clearly wording a question so it can be understood as the user intended seems to be too too hard for a lot of people nowadays
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