July 2004, Num ber 144 RRP $2.95 ISSN 1038-3697

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Something m ssing? Above: A section of the new SA StateGuide map showing the Eyre Peninsula. If you thought the Flinders Highway ran down the west coast you‘d be right. So why is it missing? See page 10 for an explanation. Left: The cover of the latest (April 2004) issue of the guide, unchanged apart from the date. Note the giant crayfish! Provided by Roger W heaton.

Top Table Talk: • More on the new Sydney Cityrail timetable œ page 4 • Sydney Buses all timetables now TransitGraphics style œ page 7 • New SA StateGuide œ page 10

Table Talk is published monthly by the Australian Association Of Timetable Collectors Inc. [Registration No: A0043673H] as a journal covering recent news items. The AATTC also publishes The Times covering historic and general items. Editor: Duncan MacAuslan, 19 Ellen Street, Rozelle, NSW, 2039 œ (02) 9555 2667, dmacaus1@ bigpond.net.au Editorial Team : Graeme Cleak, Lourie Smit. Production: Geoff Lambert, Chris Noman and friends. Secretary: Steven Haby, PO Box 18049, Collins Street East, Melbourne, Vic, 8003 œ (03) 9898 0159 AATTC on the web: www.aattc.org.au, email: aattc@ ozemail.com.au Original material appearing in Table Talk may be reproduced in other publications, acknowledgement is required. Mem bership of the AATTC includes monthly copies of The Times , Table Talk, the distribution list of TTs and the twice-yearly auction catalogue. The membership fee is $45.00 pa. Membership enquiries should be directed to the Membership Officer: Dennis McLean, 53 Bargo Street, Arana Hills, Qld, 4054, - (07) 3351 6496. You Wrote… • Some services are shown as connecting with Visiting Cairns Chilagoe Bus Service on MWF at Atherton. From Simon Aalbers John‘s Kuranda Bus (Kuranda œ Cairns) Appears to be a new service since 2000. TT is I have recently returned from a trip to Cairns and dated 01April and buses depart at the following thought I would share with you the latest tts from times: FNQ. My last trip to Cairns was in 2000 so most of Kuranda 0730, 1330, 1615MTu the news will relate to changes since that time. 0730, 0930, 1230, 1410, 1615 W-F Sunbus (local urban bus service): 0830, 1500 Sa Su PH Sunbus issued two new tts dated ”Effective 1 Cairns 0830*, 1515, 1715 MTu November 2003‘, one for South West and one for 0830, 1015, 1330, 1515, 1715 W-F Northern Beaches. In 2000 the local tt was in 0830*, 1600 SaSu PH ”airline‘ style but the current tts are a more Kuranda œ Cairns Bus Service (Cairns œ standard format. TTs are printed on A3 paper Kuranda) folding down to pocket size. The Northern Another new service since 2000, tt is dated 03 Beaches tt indicates that routes 2/2A are now December 2003 and buses depart at the following operated by wheelchair accessible buses. times: Whitecars Coaches (Cairns œ Tablelands): Cairns 0900 daily, 1100 daily, 1500 W-F, The last Whitecars tt available from the AATTC 1500Su sales was dated 01 January 2002. The current tt Kuranda 1000 daily, 1215 daily, is dated 01 December 2003. Changes included: 1545NotMTu, 1545Su • Ravenshoe œ Atherton now operated by Note the inconsistency in use of running days Kerry‘s Bus Service to the following times:- notes. Ravenshoe 0745M-F, Atherton 0845-1100, Ravenshoe 1200 œ 1400, Atherton 1450 œ 1500, There are a couple of interesting features about Ravenshoe 1600, Atherton 1700M-F, Ravenshoe thee two tts. Firstly it is interesting to compare the 1945Sa, Atherton 2045-2345, Ravesnhoe 0045. times for both these operators, particularly W-F • Cairns œ Kurnanda times have been altered when the Kuranda-Cairns depart Cairns at 1500 and one service deleted. with Johns departing at 1515. Secondly it is Table Talk July 2004 Page 2

interesting to note the fares to Kuranda. Both I found three separate, undated brochures for Sun these operators are offering $2.00 one way fares. Palm with contradictory times in each of them. It is This compares with $4.00 on Whitecars and difficult to ascertain exactly what times their $35.00 on the train. services operate however the routes appear to be: • Cairns œ Port Douglas with regular departures Speaking of trains another new operator since throughout the day 2000 is Cairns œ Kuranda Steam . An undated • brochure, which doubles as a tt, shows services Cairns œ Cape Tribulation daily • departing Freshwater Connection at 1020WFSu, Cairns œ Cooktown coastal route (WFSu arriving at Kuranda at 1200. return departure is returning TuTHSa) • 1445 arriving Freshwater Connection at 1620. Cairns œ Cooktown inland route (TuThSa returning WFSu, appears to operate by Port Freshwater Connection is located near Smithfield, Douglas not Mareeba north of Cairns, near the terminus of the Skyrail • Port Douglas œ Mossman 4 departures, and where the road to Kuranda branches off the serves Mossman Gorge, golf Club and township. coastal road. Fares on the steam are $85.00 return, compared with QR return fare of $50.00. Airport Connections (Cairns œ Airport/ Port According to a friend within the tourism industry in Douglas/ Cape Tribulation/ Mission Beach) Cairns, Cairns Kuranda Steam are doing it hard. Another operator serving Port Douglas. I could not Patronage is low and operating costs high and find a tt in Cairns, however I was able to locate a rumour has it that unless things improve soon this tt on their website on my return home. Airport service may cease in the near future. Connections offer the following services (effective 1 April 2004): With the demise of Coral Coaches I was keen to Cairns œ Airport 60mins prior to domestic flights find out what was happening north of Cairns. Not and 100mins prior to international flights only has competition hit the Cairns œ Kuranda Port Douglas œ Northern Beaches œ Airport œ services, but Cairns œ Port Douglas is likewise Cairns every hour 0330 to 1630. well served. Cairns œ Cape Tribulation 2 services daily Cape BTS Tours (Cairns œ Port Douglas) Trib 0745 and 1145, Cairns 0800 and 1400. Looking through the endless number of tour Cairns œ Mission Beach 2 services daily dep companies operating from Cairns I came across Cairns 0700 and 1330, Mission Beach 1030 and this one. While they advertise as a tour company 1730. they offer regular departures and single fares. The Coral Reef Coaches (Cairns œ Mossman and brochure is undated however departure times are Cairns œ Cape Tribulation) shown as follows: There was something surprisingly familiar about Cairns 0700, 1015, 1430, 1630, 1845 this tt (effective January 2004) and this was later Port Douglas 0530, 0820, 1100, 1500, 1700, confirmed to me. Coral Reef is owned by the 1730 same people who owned Coral Coaches. The BTS also offer an optional Mossman Gorge similarity does not end with the tt layout, even the service departing Port Douglas at 0930 and 1145, slogan ”Connecting Tropical North ‘ returning at 1215 and 1445. was used by Coral Coaches. Coral Reef do not Another offer from BTS was bus one way and serve anywhere near the number of towns that boat the other, in conjunction with Quicksilver. Coral Coaches did. Their services are limited to This sent me hunting for a Quicksilver tt. Cairns œ Mossman, Cairns to Cape Tribulation Quicksilver Connections (Cairns œ Palm Cove œ and the Port Douglas Town Service. I did not Port Douglas) locate a tt for the latter but it is available on their I found it. Quicksilver are also offering transfers website. Coral Reef offer two services to Cape between Cairns and Port Douglas. Timetable is as Trip with four Cairns œ Mossman and three (one follows: way only) Mossman œ Port Douglas. They also Cairns (Marlin Marina) 0800 offer transfers to Mossman Gorge and Golf Club Palm Cove jetty 0835 but no times are given. Port Douglas (Mirage) arr 0930 FNQ Bus Lines (Cairns œ Mossman) dep 1715 FNQ operate school services in and around Cairns (Marlin Marina) 1845 Mossman, including services between Cairns and Quicksilver are offering one way fares as well so I Mossman. The tt on their website indicates they have treated this as transport not tours. will accept other passengers on this service. Sun Palm Tropical Express Coaches (Cairns œ To be continued in August. Port Douglas/ Cape Tribulation/ Cooktown; Port Douglas œ Mossman)

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For the Record Contributors Tony Bailey, Chis Brownbill, Derek Cheng, Jennings, Peter Jones, Earl King, Julian Anthony Christie, Graeme Cleak, Michael Coley, Mathieson, Michael Marshall, John Mikita, Peter Ian Cooper, Ken Davey, Adrian Dessanti, Graham Murphy, Len Regan, Scott Richards, Lourie Smit, Duffin, Noel Farr, Neville Fenn, Paul Garred, Alan Tris Tottenham, Craig Watkins, Roger Wheaton, Gray, Steven Haby, Craig Halsall, Robert David Whiteford, The First Edition Henderson, Albert Isaacs, Bob Jackson, Matthew

Rail it looks as though the existing timetable brochure The Ghan which expires today 31 May 2004 will not be Changes to The Ghan Timetable and Motorail replaced until 24th July. Facilities.Due to operational reasons, Great Adjustments to the CityRail timetable are to help Southern Railway has made changes to The improve the reliability of peak hour services and Ghan Timetable and Motorail facilities. reduce reliance on overtime during the ongoing Effective immediately Great Southern Railway driver shortage. The adjustments were likely to • will no longer accept Motorail or Special remain in place until the end of next year when a Carriage thru bookings from Darwin to new timetable would be introduced. Sydney. The adjustments would: • will not be accepting Motorail into or out of • Free up an additional 37 drivers for each Katherine until further notice. weekday; • Effective 1 July 2004 Increase reliability and reduce congestion on • Arrival time into Darwin has been adjusted to the CityRail network during peak periods; • 1630 from 1600. Increase capacity; • • Arrival time into Katherine has been adjusted Support the principle of sectorisation and the to 1415 from 1340. estimated $1 billion Rail Clearways plan; • • Departure time from Katherine has been Reduce duplication of services on late adjusted to 1820. night/early morning routes already served by • Departure time from Tennant Creek has been Nightride buses. adjusted to 0225. Adjustments to Newcastle and Central Coast Line services include: New South Wales • Carriages will be added to the 0604 Wyong to Central and 1835 Central to Wyong to replace the North Coast Region. Countrylink has issued two existing 0556 Wyong to St Marys service and the A4 sheets which cover the changes made to 1604 St Marys to Wyong to increase reliability. North Coast services in May. Both pages are • Customers travelling from Wyong to St Marys undated and appear to be pages 5 and 6 of some should catch the 0603 service and change at document. They did not have anything on the Strathfield at 0749 for a Western Line service Southern Region changes. departing 0753 arriving at St Marys at 0834. CityRail New Tim etable • On weekdays and weekends the 2319 service Some further comments on the new train from Newcastle to Central will now terminate at timetables due 24 July 2004: Gosford. Passengers travelling beyond Gosford • The Cumberland line timetable will be a should catch the 2120 service from Newcastle. stand-alone brochure and will no longer be part of • Services leaving after 2000 from Central and the South Line booklet. after 2130 from Berowra will run hourly. • Inner West Line and South Line services will • Customers travelling from St Marys to Wyong be combined in one timetable booklet. in the afternoon should catch the 1555 service • The Carlingford line timetable will be a stand- and change at Strathfield for the Central Coast alone brochure and will no longer be part of the Line. Western Line booklet. • On weekends the 2047 from Central will • The Olympic Park Sprint from Lidcombe to terminate at Gosford instead of Wyong. Olympic Park station will be reduced to operate Passengers travelling beyond Gosford should every 20 minutes instead of every 10 minutes. So catch the 2017 or 2117 service from Central. Table Talk July 2004 Page 4

Hunter Lines - Up 24 July 2004 Scone / Dungog - Newcastle Monday - Friday Page 2 Column: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ride Id: 3168 3172 3231 3103 3176 3180 3184 3188 3192 3194 Trip: V732 V734 V784 V604 V736 V738 V740 V742 V744 V746 Train No:

am am am am am am pm pm pm pm 1 Scone 2 Aberdeen 3 Muswellbrook 10.12 4 Singleton 10.45 5 Belford 10.56 6 Branxton 11.03 7 Greta 11.07 8 Lochinvar 11.15 9 Dungog 10.14 10 Wirragulla 10.19 11 Wallarobba 10.35 12 Hilldale 10.40 13 Martins Creek 10.46 14 Paterson 10.51 15 Mindaribba 10.59 16 Telarah 10.31 10.42 11.06 11.23 11.43 12.23 12.42 1.21 1.31 17 Maitland 10.36 10.46 11.10 11.24 11.27 11.47 12.27 12.46 1.27 1.47 18 High Street 10.47 11.48 12.47 1.28 19 East Maitland 10.50 11.51 12.50 1.31 20 Victoria Street 10.40 10.52 11.14 11.28 11.31 11.53 12.31 12.52 1.33 1.51 21 Metford 10.55 11.56 12.55 1.36 22 Thornton 10.45 10.58 11.19 11.33 11.36 11.59 12.36 12.58 1.39 1.56 23 Beresfield 10.48 11.01 11.21 11.36 11.39 12.02 12.39 1.01 1.42 1.59 24 Tarro 11.03 12.04 1.03 1.44 25 Hexham 11.06 12.07 1.06 1.47 26 Sandgate 11.11 12.12 1.11 1.52 27 Warabrook (Uni) 10.55 11.13 11.29 11.43 11.46 12.14 12.46 1.13 1.54 2.06 28 Waratah 10.59 11.17 11.33 11.47 11.50 12.18 12.50 1.17 1.58 2.10 29 Broadmeadow 30 Ham ilton 11.04 11.21 11.37 11.51 11.54 12.22 12.54 1.21 2.02 2.14 31 Wickham 11.06 11.23 11.39 11.53 11.56 12.24 12.56 1.23 2.04 2.16 32 Civic 11.08 11.25 11.41 11.55 11.58 12.26 12.58 1.25 2.06 2.18 33 Newcastle 11.10 11.27 11.43 11.57 12.00 12.28 1.00 1.27 2.08 2.20 Above: A section of the Excel spreadsheet for proposed Hunter line timetable.

The RailCorp media release, 27 May 2004, stated two-hourly. Following representations from the that there were no changes to Hunter Line Commuter Council, Maitland Council, the services. However, the Hunter timetables actually University of Newcastle and Hunter Institute of contained several changes to services on the TAFE, the current stopping pattern at Metford Maitland line: station was reinstated. • The running times were more consistent and The public timetables had already been printed reasonable, correcting anomalies that had crept with the changes at Metford. Amendment sheets into the timetables in recent years. In most cases, will be issued pending a reprint when initial stocks the total trip time remained the same. are exhausted. • The times of some early morning trips on weekdays and weekends were altered to The initial timetable with the Metford changes is accommodate the altered timetable for the Up attached. XPT from Casino. • Metford was removed from the stopping Victoria pattern of 'express' trains on weekdays, reducing the frequency from half-hourly to hourly. Ballarat Trackworks Continue V/line have not • Metford was removed from the stopping returned to use of the former ”Stage 1 & 3‘ pattern of every second 'all stations' train on timetable dated 17 April with the resuming of rail weekends, reducing the frequency from hourly to services as far as Bacchus Marsh as of 9 June. Table Talk July 2004 Page 5

Instead a fold-out A4 leaflet was issued. The font V/Line trains are also affected from Saturday 26th size used is very small, however they have wisely June 2004. Two morning Western line services left a gap in the middle of the Mon to Fri from Spencer Street œ the 0753 to Melton and the timetables, which means the crease doesn't make 0830 to Bacchus Marsh œ will be replaced by some trips hard to read. The cover is the same coaches, departing from the temporary coach style as a ”trackworks‘ leaflet. Various changes - terminal located opposite the Lonsdale and some services formerly trains are now coaches, Spencer Streets intersection. Passengers joining and trains in some cases travel slower. Following these services at Spencer Street will travel by the replacement of all Western Line services with coach to their destinations. Passengers are able coaches all the way 6-8 June and then the purple to join these trains at Footscray, departing at interim timetable until 20 June, V/line is now normal times of 0800 and 0837 respectively, and running to the Stage 1 Orange timetable, as all at all scheduled stations. trains to Bacchus Marsh have now resumed with coaches to Ballan and Ballarat to continue to early Queensland July QR Traveltrain reissued their - Sydney Bairnsdale Pocketed Picked up at Spencer St A4 single page train timetable effective 17 May was a Bairnsdale - Back On Track temporary 2004 which shows the new train and coach times timetable, effective 20 May 2004. Pocket fold out as a result of Countrylink ceasing the size, and shows all train and coach services along Murwillumbah service. the eastern corridor, pretty much as per the 3 May Booklet TT. Western Australia M>Train Pocket Tim etables dated January 2004 Version 1: Footscray, Laverton, Westona. A new TransPerth Arm adale train timetable is Version 2 Chelsea incorporating Edithvale and dated 8 February 2004 Aspendale; Highett; Glenhuntly; Moorabbin/ Patterson (shows the incorrect times for Trains from City on weekdays); Seaford; Stony Point Spencer Street platform s 13/14 closure Connex Perth œ Kalgoorlie The Prospector is advising Williamstown passengers of the works The new timetable is available at the Transwa with a two sided glossy DL leaflet. One side website, www.transwa.wa.gov.au in PDF format, details the travel arrangements passengers need for the upgraded Prospector service which to make to get to from Spencer St, while the other commenced from 28 June 2004; see page 15 for provides a complete list of every service on the details. This service utilises the new railcars that Williamstown line not stopping, but nothing in have been constructed for TransWA high speed relation to the three afternoon Broadmeadows services on their Avonlink and Prospector trains. Three afternoon trains from services. Broadmeadows (at 15.51, 1649 and 1723) will not stop at Spencer Street Station on weekdays from Extended AvonLink service. To coincide with Monday 28 June until Friday 10 September 2004. the introduction of the new Prospector train, from 28 June 2004, in addition to its regular morning Most affected trains have one minute taken off and evening services to Northam and Toodyay, their journey time to Flinders Street by arriving Transwa's AvonLink service will travel from the one minute earlier, or leaving one minute later. East Perth Rail Terminal to Merredin and return The leaflet also states ”Further works will be three times per week.The new service will be carried out in October‘. The reason for the break further enhanced by the introduction of the new in the works is primarily to allow Royal Show AvonLink train later in 2004. The new AvonLink trains to stop. train will have a capability of speeds up to 160km per hour and be able to carry up to 138 passengers in air conditioned comfort.

Tram / Light Rail Route 16, which now terminates at Melbourne Melbourne University, will soon continue all the way to Cameron St, Coburg. Yarra Trams chief executive The planned changes on routes 1, 8 and 69, officer Hubert Guyot said passengers travelling which were due to start on Sunday 6 June have between the Moreland terminus and Luna Park yet to commence. Table Talk July 2004 Page 6

will no longer have to change trams. On weekday Collins St Closure Due to construction work and Saturday evenings between the University associated with redevelopment of the Spencer St and Moreland Rd because there will be a route 1 Station precinct Yarra tram services 11 (West or 16 tram every 10 minutes. Preston), 31 (St Vincent's Plaza) & 42 (Box Hill) along the Collins St Extension will be temporarily The enhanced route 16 service will replace route suspended for up to 12 months, as of 27 June 22 from the Arts Centre to Moreland and is 2004. Instead these services will terminate in effectively the old route 15 reinstated. Collins Street at Spencer St superstop. Last On a typical weekday, there are 22,000 westbound stop is Stop 1 & 1st Eastbound stop passenger trips on the existing services between will be stop 2. Also, due to tram congestion at St Moreland and the Arts Centre, and St Kilda Beach Vincent's Plaza some 31 services may proceed to to Melbourne University. Victoria/Hoddle and terminate. As with the route 1, 8 and 69 changes the new date for this change hasn‘t been announced.

Bus • 277 Castle Cove œ Chatswood, 278 Killarney National Heights œ Chatswood, Brown • 278 Chatswood - Killarney Heights (Partly), Prem ier Motor Service single sheet timetable fro 279 Chatswood - The Esplanade, French Forest, Sydney - Melbourne and return dated June 2004. 280 Chatswood - Warringah Mall, 281 Chatswood œ Davidson, 282 Chatswood - Belrose/Davidson, Sydney 283 Chatswood œ Belrose, 284 Chatswood - Busways has reprinted the timetable for Routes Duffy's Forest, 285 Chatswood - Mona Vale 721-7 (South Blacktown), but has left a blank (partly). Green. wherever there was mention of the now deleted The 278-285 printed time table still only Route 725W (Blacktown-Wonderland Sydney- summarises departures from Chatswood while the Eastern Creek Raceway), ie on the cover and on web timetable includes full timings for outbound page 23. There is also a blank space on page 35 services and a network map. where there had previously been an advertisement for Wonderland Sydney. Sydney Buses The Beaches to Bay Bus which has operated There is no longer a list of current Sydney bus during the past two summers as part of route 987 timetables on the Sydney Buses website. The Cronulla to Kurnell is again operating during the AATTC website is the only place to look. four Sundays in June 2004. Unlike during the past With the issue of the Mosman to North Sydney two summers no printed timetable has been and Milsons Point timetable all Sydney Buses sighted but a timetable is posted at Cronulla timetables are in ”TransitGraphics‘ or ”DL handbill‘ Station with the dates of the four Sundays in June. formats. The first timetables in these formats were Same as summer timetable. issued in July 2000 so it has taken four years to Forest Coach Lines has convert them all. The previous house style was released new timetables introduced in 1992 and the last timetable issued in dated June 2004. Format is a it was the November 2003 Manly to Chatswood fold up timetable measuring issue. There are now 129 timetables for regular 7cm across by 10cm high, services, 43 credit card sized, and 2 brochures for each with a different colour. Explorers. For details of service New timetables issued: changes see last month‘s Table Talk p9. • E50 Manly to Milsons Point Express, June • 195 Gordon - St Ives Chase, 196 Pymble - 2004, double sided DL Terrey Hills, M196 Macquarie University - Mona • 187 E87 L87 188 E88 L88 E89 190 L90 Vale Forest. Blue. Pittwater, version 1, March 2004, #175356 • 196 Mona Vale œ Pymble, 285 Mona Vale œ • 151 175 E75 178 E78 L78 183 E83 184 E84 Chatswood, M196 Macquarie University - Mona L84, Warringah, version 1, April 2004 #175398. Vale Forest. Yellow • 225 Neutral Bay Wharf to Cremorne Wharf, • 276 Warringah Mall - Terrey Hills, 280 version 2, June 2004, #175224 Warringah Mall œ Chatswood. Purple • 227 228 229 230 Mosman to North Sydney, • 270 City-Belrose-Terrey Hills. Green with light version 1, May 2004, #175364 œ ”Also includes green background. Northern Beaches services operating to Milsons Point or the City via North Sydney‘ Table Talk July 2004 Page 7

• 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249 Mosman to City, 2004; and Nowra-Bay and Basin routes 732/733 version 1, May 2004, #175380 Feb 2004 • 275 Castlecrag to Chatswood, May 2004, Rover Motors, Cessnock, has issued a new #175125 - double-sided single leaf DL timetable book to replace its previous three • 286-289 North Ryde District, version 4, May timetable brochures for route services, effective 7 2004, #174243 June 2004. There has some rationalisation of • 343 X43 345 Kingsford to Millers Point, routes and timetable adjustments to provide direct version 4 effective May 2004 #175018 - also services and connections to Hunter Valley includes 342 Gardens and to improve train connections at • 378 Bronte Beach to Railway Square, version Maitland. 3, June 2004, #174854 • 389 X89 North Bondi to City via Paddington, The route numbers now are: version 3, May 2004, #175026 160 Cessnock - Newcastle • 428 Canterbury to City, version 8, May 2004, 162 Cessnock - Kearsley #174151 164 Cessnock - Maitland (altered route in • 448 Dulwich Hill to Marrickville Metro, May Maitland CBD) 2004, #190793 - double-sided single leaf DL 165 Cessnock - West Cessnock 166 Cessnock - Bellbird The Transport Infrastructure Developm ent 167 Cessnock - Nulkaba (Hunter Valley Gardens) Corporation has produced a 16 page booklet, 168 Cessnock - Ellalong, Millfield, Paxton 8cm by 11cm, titled Parramatta Transport 171 Kurri Kurri - Weston Interchange with the details of changes resulting from the closure of Argyle Street for eighteen The 24 page DL size full colour timetable book months from 24 May 2004 whilst construction contains explanatory information, route maps and proceeds. There is a map for each operator timetables. The timetable books carry a cover (Westbus, T-Way, Sydney Buses, Baxter‘s Bus price of 50c. Lines, Hopkinsons, Busways, Harris Park Shoalhaven (North Nowra) Latest timetable issue Transport and taxis. There is also a map showing is April 2004 for Nowra-Shoalhaven Heads route the changes resulting from the closure of the 709; Nowra-Bomaderry route 721 and Nowra- western concourse of the station. North Nowra route 722 Transborder Alpine Express Canberra œ New South Wales Thredbo, dated Saturday 26 June 2004 and Culburra Coaches Nowra-Culburra/Orient Point concluding Monday 4 October. Service from route 729 latest timetable is dated Oct 2003 Canberra departs 1040 arriving Thredbo at 1420 or 1400 depending on whether runs via Canberra Deane‘s Buslines commenced a new route 834 station. Service from Thredbo departs 1320 service from Queanbeyan to Jerrabomberra via arriving Canberra at 1645 or 1710 depending on Hume from Monday 31 May 2004 for a two week whether it runs via Canberra station trial basis. The Sheppard St Hume portion of the service operates as Hail and Ride where passengers were advised to stand in a safe place Brisbane for the bus stop and signal the driver as the bus Airtrain Citylink has issued an updated colour approached. Details of the new Monday to Friday brochure train timetable effective 1st April 2004 service are: for their Brisbane Airport - City - Gold Coast • Queanbeyan - Hume œ Jerrabomberra: services. The train times do no appear to have Queanbeyan Inter. Bay C1 0715, Sheppard St, been changed. Hume 0729, Jerrabomberra (Limestone Dr) 0743 The property developer of the North Lakes • Hume œ Queanbeyan: Sheppard St, Hume housing estate near Petrie has engaged 1625, Queanbeyan Interchange 1655 Caboolture Bus Lines to operate the North Green‘s Northern Helensburgh-Coalcilffe route Lakes Community Bus from the North Lakes 14, revised 13 April 2004 size A4 estate to the Town Centre and . A timetable effective 17th May 2004 has Harrison‘s Gerringong-Nowra route 705 latest been issued for the service. timetable Feb 2004, route no not shown in timetable. Newcastle Buses new timetable for route 334 Glendale to Newcastle via Kotara South, 16 May From 7 June 2004 TransLink have issued new 2004, version 4, #123075. timetables for the former CityTrans bus/train Nowra Coaches New timetables issued for timetables which have been rebranded as Nowra-West Nowra/East Nowra route 724, May TransLink services. These are the integrated bus-

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rail services operated from Forest Lake, Riverhills, Services ex Cairns at 0900, 1100, 1300 and 1500 Sinnamon Park and Upper Kedron. New (Wed-Fri) weekdays; 0900, 1100 and 1300 TransLink fare information is shown and some of Saturdays and 0900, 1100, 1300 and 1500 the times on some routes have also been Sundays. changed. Services ex Kuranda weekdays at 1000, 1215, • Route 367 Translink (former Citytrans) service 1400 and 1545 (Wed-Fri only); Saturdays at 1000, Upper Kedron to Ferny Grove Railway Station 7 1215 and 1400 and Sundays at 1000, 1215, 1400 June 2004 and 1545. • Routes 451 & 103 Translink (former Citytrans) It appears that they may operate in conjunction service Sinnamon Park to Darra Railway Station 7 with Whitecars as there is a 1000 additional June 2004 service weekdays ex Cairns listed as operated by • Route 452 Translink (former Citytrans) service Whitecars. Riverhills Loop to Darra Railway Station 7 June 2004 City Sightseeing Gold Coast (with ex Hong • Route 462 Translink (former Citytrans) service Kong open top double deckers). New brochure Inala - Forest Lake - Darra Railway Station 7 June includes an indicative timetable but is undated. 2004 Fassifern Coaches who operate the Ipswich - Mentioned last month the new service operated Harrisville - Boonah service have made changes by Westside running from Springfield Lakes to effective 28 June 2004 cancelling the 1620 from Wacol station and Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre Boonah to Ipswich and the 1720 service from has commenced. The service has been Ipswich to Boonah. This means it is no longer an developed by Delfin (the developer), Queensland afternoon service from Ipswich to Boonah after Transport and Westside. The timetable is effective the school services. There is now a 0750 Ipswich from 17 May 2004 and is published as an A4 to Boonah presumably formed by the morning colour folded brochure. Services operate arrival ex Boonah and a 1400 from Boonah to weekdays only with 22 trips (not all return): Ipswich which then forms the 1510 back to Boonah. Springfield Lakes departures 0650, 0719, 0757, 0838, 0938, 1038, 1338, 1538, 1624 and 1735. John‘s Kuranda Bus. Undated timetable but Wacol station departures 0708, 0745, 0916MO, operates a Kuranda œ Cairns service œ see You 1016MO, 1116MO, 1416MO, 1602MO, 1654, W rote… No other details except phone 0418 772 1723, 1756, 1825 953 / 4093 9278 AH listed. MO = Departs ex Mt Ommaney SC then to Wacol McCaffertys Greyhound has introduced some Station. additional Toowoomba - Brisbane Airport services from 31 May 2004 by extending some of the Queensland existing Toowoomba - Brisbane services to Brisbane Airport. Consequently their Airporter Australia Coach Cairns œ Airport dated 28 March Package service which included taxi pick-up from 2004 (Winter TT) known as the Airporter service. a passengers address has ceased to operate. An Departures (ex Cairns) at 0400, 0430, 0730, A4 sheet has been issued. 0900, 1000, 1100, 1210, 1400, 1500, 1600 and 1730 They have also made some time and pick up changes to their Brisbane - Rockhampton - Cairns Coral Reef Coaches have issued a timetable for services effective 1 June 2004 and a new A4 their Cairns - Mossman, Cape Tribulation and sheet timetable has been issued Cooktown services dated May 2003. Coral Reef acquired the services of Coral Coaches when they McCaffertys Greyhound has increased the went into liquidation last year. See also You frequency of their Rockhampton - Banana - W rote… Brisbane service to a daily service from 8 June Trips to Mossman ex Cairns are 0900 (extends to 2004. A new A4 sheet has been issued. Cape Tribulation), 1200, 1530 and 1930 daily. Mission Beach Dunk Island Connections Trips ex Mossman are at 0600, 0900, 1200, 1700 Port Douglas - Cairns - Mission Beach; Service (ex Cape Tribulation). operates 7 days/week; A4 colour brochure The Cooktown service departs Cairns at 0700 and undated but February 2004. Southbound services Cooktown at 1430. depart Port Douglas at 0600, 0930 and 1130 and According to the timetable a Karumba - Cairns Northbound services depart Mission Beach at service will commence "soon" with departure ex 0730, 1000 and 1700. One way trip takes Cairns at 0645 and Karumba at 0645. between 3.5 and 4 hours. The same timetable has a service between Cairns œ Kuranda Shuttle Bus Mission Beach and Tully connecting with QR Cairns œ Kuranda. 3 December 2003 Sunlander and Tilt train services. Departure from

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Bingil Bay at 1000 and South Mission Beach at • Southern Yorke Peninsula Community 1030. Return service ex Tully at 1330 and 1645 Passenger Service (ex connection with down Tilt service). Further • Greyhound Australia correspondence states that minor amendments • Murray Bridge Passenger Service had been made to services with the 1700 • Barossa Valley Coaches northbound service now departing at 1630. • Hoys Roadlines Sunbus in Cairns now issue separate area • Sealink Kangaroo Island Shuttle Service timetables for their services instead of one for all • Sealink Public Coach Service areas. The South West area bus timetable • Sealink Ferry effective 1 November 2003 which covered bus • Transitplus (Non Metroticket services) routes 1, 1A, 1C, 1E, 1G, 1H, 1X, N Night Service, • Magors Bus Service 5, 5A, 6, 6A & 7. There is a separate Northern • Coorong Coaches beaches timetable œ see You W rote… • Affordable Coachlines • Sun Palm Express Coaches now operate the Mid Murray Coaches bus service from Cairns - Port Douglas - Cape Highway Hiker Tours, new operator of Murray Tribulation - Cooktown. Their colour brochure Bridge town service. There are still four routes (1, timetable is undated. See You W rote… 1A, 2 and 2A). Times appear to have unchanged Westside Ipswich have reprinted their A4 sheet but this will need to be confirmed. One bus summary timetable effective Sept 2003 however it operates the service. Undated, printed on A4 appears there were no changes to the times of folded sheet with no map. services. Whitecar Coaches Atherton œ Cairns dated Melbourne 1/12/2003 also shows service from Ravenshoe via Cranbourne Transit. Herbeton to Atherton operated by Kerry‘s Bus Route 892 Narre Warren Sth - Dandenong bus Service which connect to/from WC services. timetable had been reprinted with corrections There is also a note that some services connect timetable current date still 24th March, 2003. with Chilligoe Bus Service but no times are shown. See You W rote… Route 895 Fountain Gate/Hallam - Narre Warren Sth bus timetable had been reprinted. Dated 23rd Adelaide April, 2004. (New look blue and white format). There is a new timetable dated May 2004 for Eastrans 630 Elwood Beach œ Monash Uni dated Routes 550/550B/551/552/SL8. April 2004. Apparently a complete revamp of this route is planned with additional trips between Huntingdale/Ormond and Monash account of South Australia heavy loading. The StateGuide has been updated for April 2004. Grendas introduced a new 857 (Dandenong- There are a number of new but very infrequent Chelsea) Timetable on 31st May. The 0640 trip services in various parts of the state. A close look now arrives Chelsea at 0735, resulting in the 0755 at the map will still reveal evidence of where the from Chelsea Heights and 0828 from Chelsea former Ceduna to Port Lincoln service has been running 5 mins later throughout. These changes erased œ the missing Flinders Highway. Some of have been made because of late running on the the other isolated names on the map are, of 0640 trip. course, old railway sidings and stations on closed lines. National latest timetables for Routes 366 (Ringwood to Croydon via Croydon Hills) and 367 Look at the Comment in the timetable for the (Ringwood to Croydon via Ringwood East) are Yorke Peninsula Community Passenger Service now separate leaflets. Both are dated 'Timetable (route 1) and look how it says ”Bookings are reprinted May 2004/Timetable effective 21 Feb essential but those who go to Aqua Aerobics will 2000' , and neither carry a timetable number. be given preference‘. The majority of those who do Aqua Aerobics are senior citizens or people Sita Melbourne œ Avalon Airport Shuttle with physical disabilities so what the company has A new service dated from 1 June 2004 to 20 July done is made sure that these people get to use 2004; additional JetStar flights are planned after the service. 20 July 2004 requiring a new schedule œ see page 12. Interestingly there are two sets of times Here‘s a list of operators that are in it (a couple of depending on the flight departures. new companies as well) • Service runs from Franklin St (GPA/McCafferty) Premier Stateliner picking up at Spencer St then Werribee RSL then • Yorke Peninsula Coaches to Avalon.

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Departure times (list 1) from Melbourne are 0600, Murchison Street, Marysville. Marysville œ Lake 0700, 1435, 1530 and 1915 and (list 2) 0520, Mountain (Lake Mountain Snow Bus) timetable is 0620, 1655, 1740, 1835. an A5 colour card undated but current. Service Departures from Avalon (list 1) are at 0825, 0935, from Marysville operates weekends only departing 1700, 1805, 2150 and (list 2) 0755, 0855, 1925, Marysville at 1030 and Lake Mountain at 1500 2010 and 2105. Mansfield œ Mt Buller Bus Lines timetables for Trips take 1 hour and timetable is an A5 colour Mansfield œ Mt Buller, Mirimbah œ Mt Buller, brochure Melbourne œ Mt Buller are dated 12 June 2004 to Driver 624 Kew œ Oakleigh dated April 2004. 3 October 2004 Standard Driver format. Mountain Top Experience National Effective from Mon 21 June, the first 158 (www.mountaintopexperience.com) bus of the afternoon, which is currently scheduled Warragul œ Mt Baw Baw dated 2004, connects to depart Genazzano College at 1516, will be with morning down Bairnsdale train Monday- altered to depart later and will start from Carey Saturdays with additional morning run Sunday. All Grammar in lieu of Genazzano. This amendment return trips depart Mt Baw Baw at 1620. will allow more students to catch the earlier bus Pyle‘s Melbourne œ Mt Beauty œ Falls Creek, and help alleviate overcrowding that‘s been Albury œ Mt Beauty œ Falls Creek. Dated on cover experienced on the second bus at 1535. 2004 but inside dates shown as from 20 June Peninsula have a new 832 (Frankston-Skye) TT, 2004 to 27 September 2004. Addendum attached dated May 17. The former 0710 from Skye now regarding timetable change for Albury service departs at 0700, as previously advised via a resulting from change of connection times for sticker over the trip in the 10 November 2003. In Qantas flights to Sydney. This is effective from 19 addition to this, 0815 ex Skye weekdays no longer July 2004. runs to Monterey Secondary College. Trekset Melbourne œ Mt Hotham service dated Ventura has made a minor change to the 2004. weekday 700 timetable, as of 31 May. The former US Bus Lines Buller Bullet Belgrave to Mt Buller. 0820 Box Hill - Chelsea service now terminates at Dep Belgrave at 0330 picking up at Knox City Oakleigh. A new service from Holmesglen at 0845 (0345), Spencer St (0430), Box Hill (0500), runs 3 mins earlier the old 0820, including leaving Ringwood (0515), Chirnside (0525) then arrives at Mordialloc for Chelsea at 0937 instead of 0940. Mt Buller 0900. Departs Mt Buller at 1700. Stop timetables along 700 have been replaced, Operates Sat/Sun only. Undated but current. and venturabus.com.au/ven_700.shtml has been updated. Perth More reprinted timetables from Ventura, which Colouram a Print has published a timetable, have been done in standard Ventura format. similar in concept to the Brochure Publishing References to www.victrip.com.au now are shown formats but sized A4, full colour brochure for the as www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au. Low floor trips Belmont region of Perth. There is no date shown have also changed.Also there are minor changes and routes include 38/39 (Perth œ Cloverdale) and to some peak hour services, which commenced at 37 Perth œ Airport and 98/99 Circle Route and 342 the start of the 2004 school year. The May 2004 Curtin Uni œ Belmont. reprints cover 704 and 732, 737 and 754. None have print dates on the back. The effective dates Recent Transperth timetable booklets (see Table are: 704 œ 5 April 2004; 732 œ 4 August 2003; 737 Talk April 2004 p12 for operator details): œ 24 March 2003; 754 œ 24 March 2003. Eastern 88 1 February 2004 93 9 May 2004 101 9 May 2004 Victoria 104 30 May 2004 Most of the Victorian country news relates to 106 30 May 2004 winter snowfield services. 107 29 February 2004 110 22 February 2004 Allam bee Coachlines according to The Age Northern 59 9 May 2004 newspaper supplement on the 2004 ski season 64 15 February 2004 were stated to have been operating a coach 71 30 May 2004 service to Mt Baw Baw. On advice received from 76 30 May 2004 the proprietor today Allambee has ceased trading Western 44 1 February 2004 and coaches sold (possibly to Jindivick Charters 45 1 February 2004 and Tours) following retirement. Circle 1 February 2004 Country Touch Tours (www.countrytouch.com.au/tours.html), 24 Table Talk July 2004 Page 11

Western Australia the Perth service operates Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays Perth Goldfields Express and Goldrush Tours Perth œ Kalgoorlie œ Laverton, dated 17.11.2002. TransWA Timetable update: The Perth to Laverton service runs Sundays, • Geraldton œ Meekatharra (N4) 28 May 2003; Wednesdays and Fridays. The Laverton to Perth • Perth œ Geraldton / Perth œ Kalbarri (N2) 28 service operates Mondays, Wednesdays and May 2003 Fridays. The Perth œ Kalgoorlie service operates • Perth œ Albany / Perth œ Gnowangerup / Perth Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and œ Katanning (GS2) 28 May 2003

Air Whilst very few Australian airlines now publish Pacific Blue (DJ) has announced new services to timetables there are still many international Vanuatu and Fiji and plans to reach the Cook operators who do. Recent issues include: Islands using its 737-800 jets which can carry 180 • 7 January: Delta passengers. • 28 March to 31 May: Asiana; Emirates The airline intends to start services to Raratonga, • 28 March to 27 June: All Nippon Cook Islands, before the end of the year, subject • 28 March to 25 September: Olympic to the outcome of commercial negotiations and • 28 March to 30 October: Alitalia; Air France; regulatory approvals. The airline will review using China; Finnair; Lot Polish; Lufthansa; Malaysia; ”5th Freedom‘ rights that will also allow Singapore; Swiss Air passengers to join or leave the flight during its • 1 April to 31 May 2004: JAL planned en route stop in Christchurch. • 28 April to 30 June: Japan Asia; Korean Flights between Australia and Vanuatu will begin Air New Zealand (NZ) has announced it will as of 20 September from two of the airline‘s key commence flying five weekly Boeing 747-400 hubs, Melbourne and Brisbane. Pacific Blue will services from Melbourne to Los Angeles (via be the only carrier to offer a direct weekly flight to Auckland) from 31 October 2004 adding 1,132 Vanuatu from the Victorian capital, as well as additional seats per week. offering tourist friendly schedules from the The Boeing 747-400 Melbourne-Los Angeles Brisbane. schedule effective from 31 October 2004 on Effective 20 September 2004 Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and • Melbourne œ Port Vila DJ 113 Dep 0930M arr Sundays will be: 1440M NZ 124 Melbourne Auckland Dep 1200 Arr 1720 • Port Vila œ Melbourne DJ 118 Dep 1845Tu Arr NZ 6 Auckland Los Angeles Dep 1930 Arr 1025 2250Tu NZ 5 Los Angeles Auckland Dep 2145 Arr 0730 Effective 21 September, 2004 NZ 123 Auckland Melbourne Dep 0830 Arr 1020 • Brisbane œ Port Vila DJ 125 Dep 1440Tu Arr Cathay Pacific (CX) plans to launch an additional 1800Tu service between Melbourne and Hong Kong, • Port Vila œ Brisbane DJ 126 Dep 1530M Arr expanding the carrier‘s number of weekly flights 1730M on the route to 14. An airline statement said the All times local additional flight, to be operated from August 3 with Pacific Blue has also confirmed it will begin direct a three-class Airbus A330 aircraft, followed the flights to Fiji (Nadi) from Brisbane and Melbourne recent aviation agreement between the Australia on September 9 and 10 respectively, after and Hong Kong governments. The new service receiving approval from the Government in Suva. means Cathay will offer two daily non-stop flights from Melbourne to Hong Kong (departing at 0745 Effective 9 September, 2004 and 1445). • Brisbane - Nadi: DJ31Dep 0700W Arr 1225W; DJ33 Dep 0935SaSu Arr 1500SaSu JetStar (JQ) the first lot of JQ schedule changes • Nadi - Brisbane DJ 36 Dep 1635WF Arr occur on July 21, with A320s first appearing 1905WF; DJ 36 Dep 1430Su Arr 1700Su around then (at least according to Amadeus). It Effective 10 September, 2004 shows two A320s in service both out of SYD -one • Melbourne - Nadi DJ 23 Dep 0905WF Arr at 0600, arriving back there at 2110 after doing 1550WF; DJ 21 Dep 0700Su Arr 1345Su SYD-AVV(Avalon)-SYD-OOL-SYD-MCY-SYD- • OOL-SYD and another leaving SYD at 0640 Nadi - Melbourne DJ 24 Dep 1310Th Arr arriving back at 2225 to do SYD-HTI(Hamilton 1710Th; DJ 26 Dep 1545SaSu Arr 1945SaSU Island)-SYD-HTI-SYD-AVV-SYD. All times local Qantas (QF) will launch its new Shanghai services on December 2, operating three A330 Table Talk July 2004 Page 12

services a week. Speaking at the Australian and Orange, and Adelaide and Ceduna, will also Tourism Exchange in Melbourne today, Qantas have additional flights under the new schedule. would offer business class passengers its new Mount Gambier Rex is increasing seat capacity by Skybed product on the 10 hour flight. The new 40% (376 seats) each week between Mount services will depart Sydney on Tuesday, Thursday Gambier and Adelaide. From 19 July the SAAB and Sunday. aircraft will now fly 36 of the 40 Rex flights On 18 June 2004 Qantas announced it would between Adelaide and Mount Gambier each expand its European operations from 31 October week, including all peak time services. Seats on by introducing daily codeshare services with Air the Mount Gambier to Melbourne market will also France to Paris via Singapore and increasing increase by 15% with a new lunchtime return services to London from 21 to 27 per week. service on Fridays, a new flight Melbourne to Qantas was restricted to operating only three Mount Gambier on Saturday evening and a flights to Paris a week under the bilateral Sunday morning service Mount Gambier to agreement between Australia and France. Melbourne. Passengers would fly on Qantas services W hyalla Seat capacity between Adelaide and between Australia and Singapore and then Whyalla will be increased by 20% (210 seats) connect to Air France flights between Singapore weekly with the aircraft being upgraded to the and Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport. SAAB 340 on all flights except morning services The Qantas Group will operate 52 services each on weekends. From 19 July, 34 out of 38 weekly week between Australia and Singapore - 45 services between Whyalla and Adelaide will be Qantas flights from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, operated by the SAAB aircraft, including all peak Perth, Adelaide and Darwin and seven Australian time flights. Airlines flights from Cairns and Sydney to Ceduna Services between Adelaide and Ceduna Singapore. are being boosted from 21 July with the addition Qantas would also, subject to approval by the of a morning return service on Wednesdays. Rex International Air Services Commission, increase will now operate 20 flights each week between services to London from 21 to 27 per week with Adelaide and Ceduna. three new Perth-Singapore-London flights and Griffith & Mildura Rex‘s Sydney-Griffith-Mildura three new Sydney-Hong Kong-London services. link and return operates on Monday, Wednesday, These additional services will utilise new landing Thursday, Friday and Sunday with the addition of and take-off slots at Heathrow that we purchased a Wednesday service from 24 June. earlier this year. Under the new schedule, Qantas will operate 17 services to London via Singapore, W agga W agga Rex added an extra Sunday seven via Bangkok and three via Hong Kong. afternoon return service between Wagga Wagga and Sydney from Sunday 4 July, providing greater Rex (ZL) will begin services between Sydney and flexibility and availability of discount fares for Armidale in NSW's New England region on 2 weekend customers. September. The carrier will use a 34-seat SAAB 340 aircraft to offer 32 direct flights a week. Orange From Sunday 27 June, Rex added another Sunday afternoon return service between Sydney Armidale (Dep/Arr) Orange and Sydney. ZL716 0650 0805 MTuWThF ZL722 0800 0915 Sa The new schedules are a reflection of the ZL728 1310 1425 MThF increasing number of passengers taking to the ZL736 1700 1815 Daily skies on its regional routes. Armidale Sydney ZL717 0825 0940 MTuWThF Rex‘s passenger numbers in South Australia have continued to increase since the introduction of the ZL723 0935 1050 SaSu ZL729 1445 1600 MThF SAAB aircraft on the Mount Gambier and Whyalla ZL737 1835 1950 MTuWThFSu routes last year. With the addition of Armidale to the network, Rex Rex has announced a boost in capacity to cater for ongoing passenger growth across its network. will fly more than 1000 flights every week to 30 metropolitan and regional centres across New The most significant benefit will be for customers South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South on flights between Adelaide and the cities of Australia as well as linking the national capital Mount Gambier and Whyalla, where services are Canberra to Sydney with regular daily flights. being upgraded to the 34-seat SAAB 340 aircraft Virgin Atlantic Airways (VS) will launch daily with Rex dedicating a fourth SAAB to its six aircraft fleet in South Australia. scheduled services between Sydney and London via Hong Kong from December 8. Virgin plans to Services between Sydney and Mildura, Sydney utilise A340-600 aircraft, departing Sydney at and Griffith, Sydney and Wagga Wagga, Sydney Table Talk July 2004 Page 13

1615, arriving in Hong Kong at 2005 and London including Cuba and the Bahamas and an increase Heathrow at 0450 the following day. in services to the US, Caribbean, Asia and the Far East. For travellers to Australia, flight VS200 will depart London's Heathrow Airport daily at 2130, arriving Virgin Blue (DJ) has announced it will begin daily in Hong Kong at 1750 the following day. The direct flights between Hobart and Sydney from 2 aircraft will then depart Hong Kong at 1920, September in response to strong lobbying from arriving in Sydney at 0710 the following day. the Tasmanian travelling public and tourism industry. All services will be operated with a configuration of 45 Upper Class suites, 28 premium economy, Sydney to Hobart Daily DJ 618 Dep 0900 Arr and 233 economy seats. 1050 Hobart to Sydney Daily DJ 619 Dep 1120 arr 1310 In addition to the Sydney route, Virgin Atlantic has also recently announced it is due to launch services on a number of other new routes,

Ferry The last trip operates summer only, 1 October to Sydney 31 March. Trips also call at Circular Quay (Commissioners Steps). Journey times: Darling Matilda In the Wentworth Courier (Eastern Harbour to Circular Quay 10mins, Circular Quay Suburbs paper) there was an advertisement for to Rose Bay 15 mins, and Rose Bay to Manly 20 Matilda Cruises' Rocket Express service between mins. Rose Bay and Manly. The advertisement showed a timetable commencing 1 April 2004, with services departing every 90 minutes from both The new logo for Rose Bay and Manly, between approximately Sydney Ferries is 0930 and 1730. The service was being advertised shown at the left. This in conjunction with the Manly Food and Wine is part of the changes Festival being held in early June. due to Sydney ferries In fact Matilda introduced a new timetable for the separation from State Manly Rocket Express in March 2004 which Transit which occurred considerably reduced the service first referred to on 1 July. At the time of going to print there was in Table Talk November 2003. This reduced the no sign of an update to their web pages. overall service from hourly to every 90 minutes. Harboursights Cruises brochure - There is a 2004 Every second trip used to call at Rose Bay and version 2. This includes increased prices the new timetable improves the Rose Bay service compared with version 1. as every trip calls there. The new daily timetable is: Pocket Timetable for the Manly Ferry and Jetcat, Dep Darling Harbour: 0915, 1045, 1215, 1345, effective February 2004 (STA No 178939) - same 1515, 1645, 1815 format as those noted previously Dep Manly: 1000, 1130, 1300, 1430, 1600, 1730, 1900. A Short Note… As always completing Table Talk is a rushed job news from your area that we aren‘t covering then and sometimes some errors get through because please join our contributors. there isn‘t enough time to complete proof reading. I welcome feedback from readers on the content That may be the case with this issue so if you see and layout. something that‘s wrong please correct the historical record by notifying the editor. For those interested in statistics the word counts for Table Talk so far this year are: All news magazines depend on their content for • contributions from their readers. Table Talk‘s Jan 9,530 • Editor is based in Sydney and depends on Feb 10,720 • contributors from other states for interstate Mar 7,767 content. Much of the news in these pages comes • Apr 8,048 from contributions to the Australian Transport • May 7,582 Discussion Board, as well as a monthly survey of • June 7,828 major operator‘s websites. If you feel there‘s • July 8,774 Table Talk July 2004 Page 14

The Prospector Below are the new timetables for the Prospector œ reputedly Australia‘s fastest train. See page 6

From Perth

From Kalgoorlie

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StateGuide

A sam ple of tim etables from the current StateGuide. See page 10 for m ore details.

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