Melbourne to Sydney by overnight XPT train

[Marlene Burchill]

I requested "simple communications" is that very difficult to Elders to request?????

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Hi and welcome to AFF!

The cost of the sleeper cabin is $234 per person, but you need to call to book. There may be discounts if you have a Victorian or NSW pensioner concession or rail cards.

Booking is on 13 22 32.

 

[Marlene Burchill]

I requested "simple communications" is that very difficult to Elders to request?????

I just need the costs of travelling to Sydney on the ZP

T overnight train for2 seniors. Please just send me the costs of the travel from Melbourne to Sydney and a return on a date to be given returning from Sydney to Melbourne on the Sleeper for 2 people

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I just need the costs of travelling to Sydney on the ZP

T overnight train for2 seniors. Please just send me the costs of the travel from Melbourne to Sydney and a return on a date to be given returning from Sydney to Melbourne on the Sleeper for 2 people

Now replied, above.

Note that this is not a train booking site, we are a frequent flyer forum, which sometimes includes other topics, such as this thread about trains.

We can’t book, or give you availability, but if you call the number above, which is NSW trains, they’ll look after you.

 

[L2.]

I haven't travelled myself on a long distance NSW train since late last year, but the disruption advisory for the cancellation of last night's overnight Melbourne - Sydney train, due to the XPT having broken down a few hours earlier, caught my eye:

CLK622 Cancelled
Last updated: 6:54am Sat 13 Apr Refresh Incident activity Ongoing - Today, 7:12am
Details
Due to an operational issue CLK622 is cancelled. No alternate transport can be provided. Customers are advised to make their own travel arrangements. Customers are entitled to a refund for this journey.

It's rather blunt compared to how airlines, including even low cost airlines, handle similar disruptions.

 

[SeatBackForward]

I requested "simple communications" is that very difficult to Elders to request?????

Communication is a two way street - also means reading the replies you're being given.

 

[clifford]

I haven't travelled myself on a long distance NSW train since late last year, but the disruption advisory for the cancellation of last night's overnight Melbourne - Sydney train, due to the XPT having broken down a few hours earlier, caught my eye:



It's rather blunt compared to how airlines, including even low cost airlines, handle similar disruptions.

Yes, this is a lower cost State Railway entity.

The XPT's are getting very long in the tooth, and break down fairly often (I was on one several years ago that couldn't go any further than Albury, so we were all bussed to MEL).

If you need to be somewhere at a certain time don't go NSW Trainlink (or give yourself a day or two leeway).

 

[Melburnian1]

I haven't travelled myself on a long distance NSW train since late last year, but the disruption advisory for the cancellation of last night's overnight Melbourne - Sydney train, due to the XPT having broken down a few hours earlier, caught my eye:



It's rather blunt compared to how airlines, including even low cost airlines, handle similar disruptions.

Normally, rail replacement buses are provided. What you highlighted was most unusual.

 

[CaptJCool]

Normally, rail replacement buses are provided. What you highlighted was most unusual.

The point of taking the train Is not to take the bus. I’d be most disappointed

 

[Quickstatus]

It's rather blunt compared to how airlines, including even low cost airlines, handle similar disruptions.

Airline cancellations are just as "blunt".

 

[Traveller LC]

I never did do that. But there's no direct train, so you have to catch it from Yass or take a bus to Cootamundra and change to the XPT there. Alternatively, apparently it's cheaper if you book via V/Line and take a bus to Albury then a V/Line train from Albury to Melbourne.

I did it - and never again. Scenery outside the window is beautiful but the bus journey was so slow. You have to get off your train and get on the bus... and many hours later you have arrived, ragged and depleted.. You think of Europe (and Asia) and you think why can't Australia get it right. I can't believe we do not have a direct route from CBR to MEL. Though I didn't mind stopping at a country town to get a lunch-time meal. That was lovely to stretch my legs. If V-line doesn't get its act together, I hear flying taxis are on the way here. You snooze, you lose.

 

[VPS]

I did it - and never again. Scenery outside the window is beautiful but the bus journey was so slow. You have to get off your train and get on the bus... and many hours later you have arrived, ragged and depleted.. You think of Europe (and Asia) and you think why can't Australia get it right. I can't believe we do not have a direct route from CBR to MEL. Though I didn't mind stopping at a country town to get a lunch-time meal. That was lovely to stretch my legs. If V-line doesn't get its act together, I hear flying taxis are on the way here. You snooze, you lose.

and welcome to AFF - it doesn't sound like you enjoyed it much

 

[muppet]

I did it - and never again. Scenery outside the window is beautiful but the bus journey was so slow. You have to get off your train and get on the bus... and many hours later you have arrived, ragged and depleted.. You think of Europe (and Asia) and you think why can't Australia get it right. I can't believe we do not have a direct route from CBR to MEL. Though I didn't mind stopping at a country town to get a lunch-time meal. That was lovely to stretch my legs. If V-line doesn't get its act together, I hear flying taxis are on the way here. You snooze, you lose.

With respect I think you need a bit of a reality check.

V/Line Melbourne to Canberra is a service heavily subsidised by the Victorian taxpayers. Good luck finding a flying taxi to get you to Canberra for $35. The trade-off for that insanely cheap price is speed and relative comfort.

 

[Warragul]

With respect I think you need a bit of a reality check.

V/Line Melbourne to Canberra is a service heavily subsidised by the Victorian taxpayers. Good luck finding a flying taxi to get you to Canberra for $35. The trade-off for that insanely cheap price is speed and relative comfort.

Agree. As an a side, the vline option is half an hour quicker than the NSW Trainlink bus to Yass XPT offering and usually less than half the price. Having done both recently, I prefer the vline, as long as nobody sits next me on the bus (a not always avoidable pet hate).