 A statewide co-ordinated rail and coach service is needed in Queensland
Eddie Oliver <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au> wrote in message news:<3F2A4955.277B0FFB@efs.mq.edu.au>...
> John Coyle wrote:
> >
> > Take a look at the Emerald Coaches webpage to see why there should be
> > a statewide co-ordinated rail and coach service in Queensland!
> > The Emerald to Mackay service departs at 3:45am, and there is no
> > connecting service from Brisbane. Also, the once a week overnight
> > coach from Rockhampton arrives in longreach at 3:45am! Who would want
> > to pick up a passenger at that time? What tourist would want to arrive
> > at 3:45am?
>
> Why do they do this, John? If no one travels on these services, do they
> do it because they have drivers with a frenetic urge to drive buses in
> the early morning? Or perhaps they use these runs for punishment of
> drivers they don't like? Or do their buses shrivel up if they don't
> experience the cold morning air regularly? Or do they do it just to give
> you something harmless to get upset about, so as to divert you from more
> venomous lines of complaint?
>
> Or is it just remotely possible that they have some constructive reasons
> for doing such bizarre things?
>
> Please explain.
What tourist would want to depart from Emerald at 3:45am for Mackay?
What tourist would want to arrive in Longreach at 3:45am?
If YOU could travel by train to Emerald and continue to a town on the
Emerald-Mackay route by coach at a reasonable time of day, would you
do that, compared to being required to depart at 3:45am?
If the SOTO was backed up with a co-ordinated rail and coach service
Brisbane/ Rockhapton, to offer better choices of the days of travel,
would you expect patronage to increas on QR trains?
If a daylight coach service connected with the "Westlander" in Roma,
for Longreach/Mt Isa, would patronage on the "Westlander" increase?
One can by sure that more people would use the "Westlander", but is
THAT what QR want?
John Coyle
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