Re: [Qld/WA] QR SMU go to Transperth??

["James C." <james_ccj@my-deja.com>]

In article <3929134C.9C429B2@powerup.com.au>,
  colingw@my-deja.com wrote:
> I'm particularly interested by the platform being built on the dual
> guage line at Park Road.  AFAIK this is the first QR platform anywhere
> on dual guage - showing the way toward an eventual dual guage Browns
> Plains / Greenbank line (yeh - wishful thinking).
>
> --Colin
I though dual gauge would slow down trains.....






> pdwyer wrote:
> >
> > In article <3927B320.88165B8D@powerup.com.au>, Colin Weaver
> > <weaver@powerup.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > >The other problem holding back Citytrain is the long single
> > track
> > >sections on the Ferny Grove and Cleveland lines.  There were
> > plans to
> > >duplicate part of the Cleveland line (through Wellington Point)
> > but
> > >these appear to have been shelved.
> >
> > AFAIK these are still going on, Stage I of the Cleveland part
> > was the upgrading of the interlocking at Manly  & the
> > installation of the new crossover. I'm not involved in the
> > project, so I don't know it's status.
> >
> > The Park Rd Bypass (for Beenleigh trains to get past Cleveland
> > trains) is currently at the Platform building stage.
> >
> > And I don't think we'll be shipping units anytime soon. But as
> > they say, the truth is always stranger than fiction.
> >
> > Seeya!
> >
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Cheers

James


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