Re: Note from the Alice.

["T & J Jones" <jonest@senet.com.au>]

No!

My point was that if the line to Darwin goes ahead then NRC would probably
handle the local (Alice) freight the way you described as the loading would
be an attach or detach from the main (through) line in Alice.  Therefore it
wouldn't have the same negative effect as is the current case.

My second point was that the timetable through Alice Springs would also be
dictated by the Adelaide-Darwin timetable rather than the current situation
which appears to be driven by the need to compete with the Adelaide-Alice
road traffic?.


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> "T & J Jones" <jonest@senet.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > I would assume that when (if) the line goes through to Darwin there will
be
> > a substantially smaller block of Alice wagons to attach/detach to the
Darwin
> > train which will considerably reduce the freight requirements at Alice.
> > Moreover the train timetable through Alice would then be dictated by the
> > Adelaide-Darwin schedule?
>
>
> OK, I think your point is, NRC should not be criticised
> for crawling long trains over the most trafficked of
> three level crossings in Alice Springs at "peak" times,
> because when the line goes through to Darwin, Alice
> residents will have to cop it on the chin anyhow.
>
> ----Terry Burton
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