We catch a regional New South Wales TrainLink Xplorer service from Sydney Central to Canberra, the national capital of Australia. It is a 4 hour, easy trip.
Haven’t been on the CountryLink exploders for about 20 years. Used to take them up to Moree to visit the artesian bore bath holes. These days they allow everyone to bathe together. The train announcer sounded so flamboyant and passionate. The menu very la de da. Back in the day we had a pie or sausage roll and shut up and enjoy the view.
Yes fully agree Mark, the work around Sydney's Central Station sure has been very beneficial for transport users - especially the new lifts & escalators to the suburban platforms. Soon the new Metro platforms will be opening. My son & I caught the Explorer from Broken Hill to Sydney - a very enjoyable journey. The Exploeres & the over 40-year-old XPTs will be replaced with new trains fully imported from Spain & built by CAF, by 2025 (were supposed to by 2023 but let's not go there). Fast trains would be great given the vast distances between major cities but costs are the major issue. Also unfortunately there is no 'passenger lounges' or 'freebies' for first-class passengers. Campbelltown is only a passenger 'pick-up' station - hence why it is not listed as a destination. I did this train trip many years ago & it is a relaxing way to travel. We enjoyed the scones on board. It's a pity that we don't have a national passenger train operator like Amtrak!
Consider yourself lucky to get a power point next to your seat, only about 6 seats on the entire train have one, I book seat E01 every time for that reason. The staff tell me that it’s unsafe to use while the train is in motion and can surge and kill your devices, but hasn’t happened to me yet 😂
HSR between Sydney and Canberra seems very very unlikely. Even electrifying and speeding up the line seems a long way off. A lot of new track would be required along with a station in (probably under) Civic. The current station in Canberra is useless for anything except a crawl speed line.
Dont bother XPT is dreadful slow ...noisy... last refurb in 2008.. no money but mention a tunnel to NSW politician yeas please
Haven’t been on the CountryLink exploders for about 20 years. Used to take them up to Moree to visit the artesian bore bath holes. These days they allow everyone to bathe together. The train announcer sounded so flamboyant and passionate. The menu very la de da. Back in the day we had a pie or sausage roll and shut up and enjoy the view.
Same sockets in New Zealand
Yes fully agree Mark, the work around Sydney's Central Station sure has been very beneficial for transport users - especially the new lifts & escalators to the suburban platforms. Soon the new Metro platforms will be opening. My son & I caught the Explorer from Broken Hill to Sydney - a very enjoyable journey. The Exploeres & the over 40-year-old XPTs will be replaced with new trains fully imported from Spain & built by CAF, by 2025 (were supposed to by 2023 but let's not go there). Fast trains would be great given the vast distances between major cities but costs are the major issue. Also unfortunately there is no 'passenger lounges' or 'freebies' for first-class passengers. Campbelltown is only a passenger 'pick-up' station - hence why it is not listed as a destination. I did this train trip many years ago & it is a relaxing way to travel. We enjoyed the scones on board. It's a pity that we don't have a national passenger train operator like Amtrak!
For a second I read Sydney to Cambodia..
Consider yourself lucky to get a power point next to your seat, only about 6 seats on the entire train have one, I book seat E01 every time for that reason. The staff tell me that it’s unsafe to use while the train is in motion and can surge and kill your devices, but hasn’t happened to me yet 😂
how much is one way ticket to canberra?
HSR between Sydney and Canberra seems very very unlikely. Even electrifying and speeding up the line seems a long way off. A lot of new track would be required along with a station in (probably under) Civic. The current station in Canberra is useless for anything except a crawl speed line.
Canberra is impossible unless you drive. All that planning is there's very little thought put into proper public transportation.