Re: Newcastle realignment

[ahonan@zipworld.com.au (Andrew Honan)]

On Wed, 12 Jan 2000 06:32:31 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David
Bromage) wrote:

>Andrew Honan (ahonan@zipworld.com.au) won a Nobel Prize for literature by writing:
>
>> The East Hills service is stuck in a time warp. Maintenance on the
>> line needs to be substanially upgraded and the Right of Way secured
>> for an upgraded service. 
>> The line needs to be upgraded to Continous Welded Rail and concrete
>> sleepers.
>
>There are two projects which could see a major improvement in the East
>Hills line - Speedrail and Badgery's Creek. Speedrail proposed building a
>third line from Turella to Glenlee Junction, and upgrade the two existing
>lines. If the second airport goes ahead, there is a proposal to build
>quadruple track from Wolli Creek Junction to Glenfield Junction to carry
>airport express trains.
>
>We'll know by the end of the year of Speedrail gets the nod, but don't
>hold your breath on the airport.
>
>It's not that long ago that East Hills was only single track!
>
>Cheers
>David

this is good..in fact they have started already from turrella to
Beverly Hills with the quadruplation. This will add capacity to the
line to Beverly Hills but there needs investment on the existing line.
Andrew