DEAR News Of The Area,
COULD someone from Transport for NSW please confirm when and if the XPT will ever actually run as it used to.
Why?
I’ll tell you
We live in the Urunga area and for 20 years we’ve caught the XPT from Urunga to Sydney twice a year to catch up with family and friends after moving.
Now at 86 and 89 these return trips cannot be guaranteed.
Friends cannot book a train then expect it to be at Urunga as usually a coach is waiting there which takes 11-plus hours.
No one in their 70s or 80s can sit on a coach for that long or be expected to when a train was booked.
Neighbours last year actually went to the Coffs office and were told the train would be there the next day.
They asked the guy to guarantee this and they were assured.
They went to Urunga at 6am to find a coach waiting.
When are they going to actually tell passengers the truth and we can find out when the XPT actually goes to Sydney and returns.
As I said, please explain.
Regards,
Beverley MILES,
Raleigh.
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