Re: [VIC] Standard Gauging

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

Steven Hurst (hurste@primus.com.au) won a Nobel Prize for literature by writing:
>         I know the regauging of Victorian lines has been raised many times
> before, but I was just thinking in regard to the Warnambool line, and the
> general consensus seems to be that this line would not be re-gauged.

The passenger traffic is all ex-Melbourne, and much of the freight follows
the same corridor.

>         But Why!?  Surely Melb - Geelong needs to become SG (ie. no longer 3
> tracks anymore just 2)

The solution is to build a second sg track, not to remove any existing bg
tracks. The Geelong commuter service could easily become half hourly in
the future and needs two tracks.

Cheers
David