Re: [VIC] government announcement re rail upgrades

["Barry Campbell" <campblbm@ozemail.com.au>]

andrei wrote in message <89qcbk$2m1c$1@news1.wire.net.au>...
>Why not just get the government to use the standardisation money to reopen
>the Heywood-SA border line (standardised , of course).  FA will be able to
>afford the short stretch from the border to MtGambier.  Perhaps the SA
>government will contribute something on their side of the border.
>
<snip>

The reality is that no one will re open the Mt Gambier - Wolsley line
because it doesn't go anywhere. OTOH the Heywood - Mt Gambier line leads to
Melbourne and could have a future.


Barry Campbell