Frequency cuts for famous Australian trains

[CHamilton]

Iconic Australian passenger trains suffer subsidy cuts

GREAT Southern Rail (GSR) is set to halve the frequency of services on its iconic Ghan and Indian Pacific trains after the Australian federal government announced that it would cut its subsidy by $A 9m ($US 6.6m) from July 2016....
GSR plans to scale back its Alice Springs – Darwin Ghan service to a weekly from a twice-weekly service at present it expects to introduce longer trains to meet demand. Similar cuts to the Indian Pacific between Sydney, Adelaide and Perth are expected.

 

[Chaz]

Longer article from ABC News

Services on The Ghan, Indian Pacific to halve after government cuts http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-06/great-southern-rail-halves-services-the-ghan-indian-pacific/6676174

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

That's OK. For a tourist-oriented service, less frequencies don't really matter, since twice-weekly is very low anyway. Might as well run longer trains and less trains.