Re: [Vic] Fast (160km/h) Train to country Vic.

[james_ccj@my-deja.com]

In article <38D5C5BB.F124B7AE@primus.com.au>,
Richard <richard_snook@primus.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> james_ccj@my-deja.com wrote:
> >
> >
> > According to the radio,this project would create lots of jobs and
travel
> > time would cut by upto 1 hour ??!! is this possible? I though they
> > wanted to reduced timing to Bendigo by half an hour(from 1h 45
minutes
> > down to 1 h and 15 minutes),
>
> They're talking round trip savings!!..sounds better huh!!..as most of
these
> trips might be of the commute variety I suppose its realistic to talk
in terms
> of total journey (round trip).
>
> An hour a day is a pretty good pick up....still have to laugth at the
> Herald/Sun's littel table of comparison......banners like "Speed Rail"
and
> VFT...cringe cringe...160kph is fast..no arguement...but nothing
overly
> exciting really,,,very passe....to infer "Very" in talkng of regional
country
> pass...then at least 200kph should be the bench mark...and gee thats
been
> around for quite a few years..
160 kph is good enough to bring rail into competitive position. Even
right now it's impossible to drive to Bendigo in 2 hours despite
highway undercut rail journey. It involve LOTS of rule breaking:-)



> Now maybe something like the new Adtranz "Crusaris"...nowthat starts
to get
> seriosly interesting....diesel, tilt ..look pretty schmick too!!...
These railcar more likely to looklike explorer/endeavour/Australind
rather then any fancy looking euro trains.

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Cheers
James


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