Action for Public Transport (N.S.W.) Inc.

Its main features are slower running times and other changes, such as reduced use of crossovers, intended to make services more reliable. It endeavours to provide more seats at peak times by optimising the use of rolling stock.

According to the Minister for Transport, it was decided to postpone the timetable due to a shortage of trains crews (drivers and guards). However, activists who have been arguing that services should be accelerated rather than retarded say that the postponement is a tacit acknowledgement that passengers would not tolerate the extra waiting times. They doubt that it will now be introduced at all, and certainly not before the next election in April 2003.

Changes planned to occur concurrently to bus schedules have also been deferred, including Better Buses in the Eastern Suburbs.