Re: VIC government probe into standard guage

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

Michael Kurkowski (mk@netstra.com.au) wrote:
> Michael Walker <wk@cgsc.vic.edu.au> said:

> >http://www.theage.com.au/bus/20000710/A61828-2000Jul9.html
> >
> >The Victorian government is apparently looking at the cost of
> >converting the broad gauge into standard.
> >
> >Government probe into standard gauge

> <much snippery>

> After favouring the complete standardisation of Victoria, I have seen both 
> sides of the argument and have now mixed thoughts on the matter.

If full standardisation was viable, it would have been done in Adelaide.
It would take many hundreds of millions of dollars (for infrastructure
alone, forget regauging trains) and 5 years (minimum) of disruption to
convert the entire Melbourne metro network.

Cheers
David