Re: [VIC] government announcement re rail upgrades

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

Brian Evans (IOM) (bevans@omni.com.au) won a Nobel Prize for literature by writing:
> > Webb Dock Rail
> >
> > Detailed planning will be undertaken to investigate the logistics and
> > feasibility of an estimated $50 million project of extending rail lines to
> > Webb Dock.

> Whgy was the Webb Dock railway line lifted in the first place?

Policy. Kennett wanted to demolish the bridge over the Yarra.

> > STANDARDISATION OF RAILWAY GAUGES
> >
> > Victoria has a historical legacy of a mixture of broad and standard gauge
> > railway tracks across the State. This constrains the efficient flow of
> > freight around Victoria by requiring double handling of goods such as the
> > movement of grain from the north-west to the port at Portland.

> Any ideas of what lines would go first?

An educated guess would be Dunolly - Inglewood - Korong Vale -
Kulwin/Robinvale.

Cheers
David