Re: "WA on track for $59m super trains"

["James C" <jamesccj@optusnet.com.au>]

59 million for 7 railcars?? this gives almost 9 million $  per raicar
QR paid less for their 4000 class diesel loco (3000hp) and I think V/line's
58 Adtranz high speed DMU  cost less then that.

Cheers
James





Douglas CLIFFORD <cliffd@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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> Headline in "The West Australian" page 32,  Wednesday 14th June 2000
>
> "WA moved a step closer to a promised high-speed link between Perth &
> Kalgoorlie with the announcement yesterday of the Government's
> preferred tenderer to build so-called super trains.
>
> New South Wales-based A. Goninan & Co Ltd has tendered to build two
> two car sets and one and three car stes for the Prospector service
> between Kalgoorlie and Perth, and a two car set for the Avon-Link
> between the Avon Valley and Perth.
>
> Transport Minister Murray Criddle said the new Railcars were expected
> to cost about $59 million and to be operating by 2003.
>
> He said the new wide-bodied Prospector for the Kalgoorlie service
> would be capable ofd travelling @ up to 200kmh - which would reduce
> the current eight-hour journey by two hours.
>
> The Avon-Link service between Nortan and Perth would be reduced by
> about 30 minutes, thanks to a 150kmh train and a $2.4 million
> refurbishment of Midland station to enable passengers to transfer to
> the urban passenger system there.
>
> He said the Prospector and Avon-Link trains would be fitted with power
> points for laptop computers, security cameras and easy-access toiltes
> for the disabled.
>
> Sevices on the new Prospector would include telephones, music channels
> and video entertainment, and personal air-conditioning controls."
>
> Doug