Re: Electrification and patronage

["Ivan Smith" <ivsmith11@hotmail.nospam.com>]

I was pondering this very question just before the weekend. From my memory,
they were talking about electrification way back in 1978, and were still on
about it when I left in 81. I've returned several times since then,
travelled on the diesel and wondered "what is the problem with this state?".

After many years of electrified rail travel and returning to SA on occasion,
it seems as though SA is really still the poorest state if the railways are
anything to go by.

Ivan
"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> Arthur Marsh (mars0177@flinders.edu.au) wrote:
> > At the time of the planning of the Christie Downs/Noarlunga Centre
extension
> > from Port Stanvac, then state transport minister Geoff Virgo wanted the
new
> > line to be electrified. I believe that the 2000 class railcars were
> > introduced instead of any electrification.
>
> Both the 2000s and 3000s were built with provision for conversion to
> electric traction.
>
> Cheers
> David