NSW: Offpeak ferry services to be disrupted today

AAP General News (Australia)
12-17-2007
NSW: Offpeak ferry services to be disrupted today

Some off-peak ferry services will be disrupted today .. to allow Sydney Ferries staff
to attend a meeting on planned changes to the corporation .. following the Walker inquiry.

Sydney Ferries says peak hour services won't be affected .. but says there'll be widespread
service disruptions between 10 o'clock and 11.30am (AEDT) to allow staff to attend the
briefing .. and has apologised for any inconvenience.

BRET WALKER SC handed down his report into Sydney Ferries in October .. recommending
a fleet upgrade and urging the government to look at the partial privatisation of the
service.

The report also criticised the current performance of Sydney Ferries .. saying it was
less than satisfactory and beset by cultural problems.



Meanwhile .. Jetcats will replace ferries on the Manly route .. operating at ferry
prices .. while some Parramatta River services will be cancelled.

Inner-harbour services will be reduced on most routes.

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KEYWORD: FERRIES (SYDNEY)

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