Re: Airport Railway Questions

[Magila Gorrila <choochoo@spin.net.au>]

If you notice how far underground the line is under the Airport, I am sure
this was because of the runways

Neil O'Connor wrote:

> Just read the Railway Digest article about the Sydney Airport Railway
> construction. I have two questions:
>
> 1). If during the construction of the ESR, central platforms 26/27 were
> built intended for a future Airport railway link, why were they not used
> instead of the current above ground option (platforms 20/21) at Central?
>
> 2). Was there any concern or special action required tunnelling beneath
> runway16R/34L? I would imagine that 200 tonne 747/400s thumping onto the
> construction zone during touchdown (or up to 400 tonne during takeoff)
> could be a concern.
>
> Neil.
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