DEAR News Of The Area,
REFERRING to John Murton’s letter regarding north coast trains, our neighbours went to Sydney for the home show.
They were told they would have to return by bus.
She actually went to the Coffs Coast station the day before, because if she had to take the bus down to Sydney she would have cancelled.
She was reassured they could train down and get the bus home.
They got to Urunga station (one hour earlier than the usual XPT arrives at 5.45am) and guess what the bus was there and it took over 11 hours to Sydney both ways.
They stopped at Taree for three hours to change buses.
This is unacceptable especially after she was directly told in person a train would go to Sydney.
Regards,
Beverley MILES,
Raleigh.
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I do hope that this is not the situation in two weeks. We booked (on phone) and was reassured it was a train not a bus. Booked day sitter cabin in carriage A