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Re: Gunnedah shire pushes Melbourne-Darwin rail line
- Subject: Re: Gunnedah shire pushes Melbourne-Darwin rail line
- From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:23:49 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Another Optus Customer
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- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:5136
Dion Williams (onamission@freemail.com.au) won a Nobel Prize for literature by writing:
> Yes exactly. The only place the idea of 200km/h freight trains running
> 3000km through outback Queensland and New South Wales to Darwin could
> gain any attention is in the minds of spruiking politicians who know the
> power of a promise. After fixing Adelaide-Melbourne, rebuilding the
> Sydney-Melbourne and Sydney-Brisbane routes in their worst spots and
> after that possibly getting Alice Springs-Darwin up and running, then
> other connecting routes could possibly be considered. Even these
> relatively small projects are endlessly booted back and forth by
> politicians; projects like Melbourne-Darwin are just pie in the sky.
Again, you've missed the point. Melbourne - Darwin is a privately funded
project.
Cheers
David