The railway thread

[kevino]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Disgusting, NSW govco closing that line down, there was quite a good amount of regular travellers using the XPT on the Murwullimbah section.

As long as the lines are still down, they can not sell or remove any track along a 100ft rail corridor.

The railtrails throughout Victoria ave been built on top of existing rail, so they can be re-converted back to heavy rail at any time.

There was good passenger loads
But the only freight left was a short train out of Condong Sugar Mill with fly ash which I think is used in cement making


The line from Murwullimbah to Condong is a mess sections removed wash outs.

I guess a long line from Casino to Murbah needs freight as well as passengers to survive financially

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by kevino

There was good passenger loads
But the only freight left was a short train out of Condong Sugar Mill with fly ash which I think is used in cement making


The line from Murwullimbah to Condong is a mess sections removed wash outs.

I guess a long line from Casino to Murbah needs freight as well as passengers to survive financially

Financially, Murwullimbah was quite healthy as far as passenger numbers were concerned.
Biggest problem I have with the XPT's (to anywhere) is they are full of concession paying card holders half the train is travelling either for free or half price, they need to free up full fare paying seats particularly in first class.

First class seats are always the first to be booked out.