Re: fast trains

["Rod" <freight_man@hotmail.com>]

* Before the election NX were already contracted to buy the new 160km/h
Super Sprinters

Is this right, according to the press only a couple days ago, no contracts
have yet been let??

>would require some work on
> the line, mainly straightening some curves (especially that one where
> the line wanders off to Bungaree, and the one just past the Marsh).

Could you imagine the cost of this? It would almost require a bridge from
Parwan to near Horse shoe Curve, and that would not be cheap.

>the new railcars already paid for
Paid for?? Who paid for them??

> * It should also be possible to get the trains to move faster through
> the suburbs
 Without an extra track, would be near impossible. Suburban trains,
Interurban trains and the occasional Goods train all travel pretty slowly!

Dual gauge track on high speed lines in Victoria is not an option, as the BG
trains will immediatly suffer a 65 kph speed restriction on safety grounds

Rod Young
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