Re: Letter to the Canberra Times

[Vaughan Williams <ender2000@my-deja.com>]

We helped the Conservation COuncil write a manifesto for Canberra PT.
http://www.tip.net.au/~ratclif/bike/features/cac.htm

Vaughan

In article <EAe55.315$Nz4.459309@news0.optus.net.au>,
  dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote:
> James C (jamesccj@optusnet.com.au) wrote:
> > I think slightly bigger then Wodonga-Albury and Geelong, Gold-Coast
>
> 310,000 at the 1996 census. Probably about 330,000 now.
>
> > Yes, Canberra is a nice place to visit as well as for education.
> > Pity no direct train run from Melbourne to Canberra.
>
> There have been two serious proposals for a line from Canberra to
Yass,
> one in about 1914 when the railway reached Kingston and another in
1960.
> NSWGR would have run a silver sleeper between Melbourne and Canberra
> post-1962, and a local train would have connected with the ICD.
>
> > > If Canberra builds trams though, they better not be like Sydney's!
> > No hoepfully not.....Sydney spent millions of dollors on that
thingy and
> > wan't a successful move.
>
> Sydney did not spend millions on light rail. A private company spent
the
> money.
>
> > But Canberra have proposal for LRT service and has been going on
and off for
> > years. Latest plan I hear of was buying all 2nd hand trams from
everywhere
> > to reduce new purchase cost.
>
> That's a different proposal. The Federation Tramway is a proposed
tourist
> operation. A true LRT proposal to Gungahlin is backed by Leighton and
> Alstom, the proponents of the VHST.
>
> Cheers
> David
>


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