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Re: Rail traffic gets boost in `inland port' plan

Subject: Re: Rail traffic gets boost in `inland port' plan
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 00:55:22 GMT
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Taliesin Walker (taliesin@chariot.net.au) wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 22:40:52 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David
> Bromage) wrote:

> >Rail access to the Port of Melbourne has been given a boost with plans for
> >an "inland port" at North Altona. Trains will shuttle containers between
> >North Altona and the Port of Melbourne, cutting the number of trucks
> >carrying containers to and from the wharf.
> >
> >http://www.theage.com.au/bus/20001113/A45123-2000Nov12.html
>
> And I thought that the days of short distance freight being carried by
> rail where long over.

Trip trains are far from dead. This is fairly typical of uninformed
managers suddenly discovering something which has been around for years.

Cheers
David

References:
- Rail traffic gets boost in `inland port' plan
  - From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Re: Rail traffic gets boost in `inland port' plan
  - From: taliesin@chariot.net.au (Taliesin Walker)

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