Re: Wodonga Railway Relocation

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

L & D (daisyw@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
> In today's Border mail there is a half page picture of  four people
> jumping with joy, Federal transport Minister has just found $20 Million
> to go towards the relocation of the railway line at Wodonga.  In the
> picture are Mr. Lou Lieberman, Mr. Anderson, Cr. Crapp Wodonga's Mayor
> (Who incidentally is one of the driving influences for the internal
> freeway through Albury and no railway through Wodonga) and Uncle Ben's
> Chief Mr. Bob Kennedy. Mr. Anderson was reported to have said the
> decision was based on national objectives that would also meet local
> aims. Chief among these was to facilitate high speed freight trains on
> the Melbourne-Brisbane route (If that is the reason to remove the
> railway line then why not take it along the route  selected for the
> external bypass if is built avoiding both Wodonga and Albury) Just
> another thing is that Wodonga railway station and precinct should be
> persevered as it has significant historical value with all the other
> inferstucture that has been destroyed in the North East over the past 10
> years and this proposal just for the  saving of a few minutes

There was a previous article in the Border Mail stating that the existing
railway would be retained for passenger services.

Cheers
David