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Originally Posted by b0son
Or charge users what it actually costs. Train travel interstate is very much one for the fans, no sensible reason for a hobby to be underwritten by the taxpayer.
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maybe not the case of the Overland but.....
For me, at $105- $120 one way, full fare Wang to Sydney I think I'm paying enough thanks, given the train rarely runs on time.
Also I think you jokers forget that not everyone lives in a capital city and train travel is vital for country people who do not own cars.
Franco, try pricing a plane fare from Sydney to Albury then add the cost of trying to get to a place like say Wang from there. The train is the most direct route.
Public train travel was always meant as a service it was never meant to be a money making private venture.
My only beef with the way country trains (apart from the speed) are run are that most like Countrylink services (NSW train link now) are 3/4 booked up with 1/2 fare paying passengers or first class booked pensioner tickets leaving full fare paying passengers with little seating capacity left.