Re: New form of rail transportation

["Peter Berrett" <pberrett@optushome.com.au>]

Deakin Uni and Knox Shopping Centre would attract a lot of patronage.

cheers Peter


Anthony Morton <amorton@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au> wrote in message
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> Alex Pout <alpout@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> >I'm not sure that extending the trams along Burwood Hwy would be that
> >beneficial.  It's been a while since I've been down there, but I can't
> >really remember there being a lot of room in the median for it to be
placed.
> >Of course, I could be mistaken, but on the other hand, trams from there
to
> >the city would take too long to be competitive with either cars or trains
> >along the Belgrave or GW lines.
>
> The point is not that people would take the tram all the way into the city
> from Knox.  The tram would rather serve intermediate destinations.  There
are
> large numbers of people going from Knox to East Burwood, East Burwood to
> Burwood and Hartwell and vice versa.  This is a major radial corridor and
has
> the traveller numbers to justify a tram service.
>
> TM
>