Re: Brief trip report MEL-CBR-MEL and thoughts on 737 vs A320 cabins.

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

James C (idonthavemail@noemail.org) wrote:
> > > How many level crossings are there?
> >
> > On the high speed line, none.
> TGVs also uses traditional track, those traditional tracks are with level
> crossings

But not at high speed.

> > Proper maintenance overnight prevents this. See France again.
> SNCF also table a few freight trains on LGV at night besides maintenance,
> this will bring donw the operational cost profit margin therefore keep
> ticket cheap.

They can run at about half the line speed, but have to be fairly short
because of the gradients.

> Freight trains should be able to do Sydney-Melbourne in 6-8 hours.

Provided they are under 17t axle load.

Speedrail itself is looking at the parcels/courier/airfreight market by
using a variant of the TGV La Poste mail trains.

Cheers
David