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Re: [Tas] Circular Head line route revealed
- Subject: Re: [Tas] Circular Head line route revealed
- From: "David & Denise Cooper" <ddcooper@optusnet.com.au>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 19:50:29 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- References: <bU2Z4.824$r37.689943@news0.optus.net.au> <3934f97a$0$8451$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au> <39350A84.44BFAD36@bigstix.com>
- Reply-To: "David & Denise Cooper" <ddcooper@optusnet.com.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:11047
"athan" <hatsoff@bigstix.com> wrote in message
news:39350A84.44BFAD36@bigstix.com...
> Apparently it's going on the south side of the Bass Highway. This will
have
> minimal impact on the dairy farms of the region..
>
> Already there has been concern about what land it will take back- not sure
if
> the plans include underpasses for where the line will cut off some land.
>
> From Wiltshire to Smithton, the terrain is fairly good, unlike the road
route
> over Sisters Hills and Rocky Cape.
>
> This route is apparently better than the option of putting the train
through
> Forest.
>
> One can imagine what the GM*s would make of that old run...
Good (dare I say, logical) choice. Going via South Forest and Irishtown
would have been madness. Unless they were putting in future provision for
the Edith Creek branch :-)
DavidC