Last Thursday I caught the train to Gloucester. It was 35 minutes late leaving Maitland and almost an hour late by the time it got to Gloucester which is something more then 100 km north of here. Still the train trip was comfortable enough. As I travelled I thought how the train service has declined, that the fastest train from Sydney to Newcastle is now slower then the steam hauled "Flyer" of my childhood- and the Flyer had a dining car! Even the XPT's are slower then they used to be (15 minutes slower between Sydney and Maitland) which means that some connections are no longer kept even when the trains are on time.
And this in a state which has spent so much money on roads. Its about time that this was reversed. I am writing to our local MP's Perhaps I will post the response. My friend in Sydney Gordon Cheng has posted about public Transport http://ingmarhingwah.blogspot.com/search/label/public%20transport and there are groups pressing for change but nothing seems to happen much.
Its about time it did.
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