Re: [VIC] government announcement re rail upgrades

[Mark Bau <markbau@altavista.com>]

> From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
> Organization: Another Optus Customer
> Newsgroups: aus.rail
> Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 03:21:29 GMT
> Subject: Re: [VIC] government announcement re rail upgrades

GOD did not win a Nobel prize in writing:
> 
> Balmoral and Marnoo have also been mentioned. The Grain Elevators Board
> fought very ahrd to keep the Balmoral line open when the previous Liberal
> government closed it.


If only this were the case. The GEB layed down like dirty dogs and in fact
facilitated the closure by enlarging East Natimuk.

Most branchlines that have been closed deserved it but closing the Balmoral
was criminal IMHO.

Mark