Re: Travel patterns (was Re: New form of rail transportation)

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

Is it so absurd? It'd be a lot faster than going via Foorscray.

They did it in Hong Kong - several times! (3 at last count)

cheers Peter

Michael <usenet.spam@gunzel.net> wrote in message
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> Peter Berrett <pberrett@optushome.com.au> wrote in article
> <uJqQ5.11503$Xx3.47799@news1.eburwd1.vic.optushome.com.au>:
>
> >8. Shorter lines need to be extended. Ie extend Williamstown line
> >(seriously - make it the terminus of a ring railway). If you have the
> >$$$ and the will to run the line under the bay  and through to the
> >Dandenong line.
>
> Wouldn't you be better off stringing overhead up off floating buoys in
Port
> Phillip Bay, and converting trains into amphibious trains. Put wings and
> aircraft engines on the ships so they can fly over the overhead into port.
> Dispense a free self-inflating lifejacket to each passenger who takes this
> route. Make your money back selling pantographs to people who are silly
> enough to make their Volkswagon amphibious too. Put up overhead over the
> Bass Straight to enable the Volkswagon weilding folk to drive across the
> bay. When the Sprit of Tasmania cottons onto the idea of free electricity
> to power it's ship across the bay, to supplement the wings/engines
required
> to fly over the overhead, fit them with pantographs too.
>
> Unfortunately, the idea of a railway extended from Williamstown under the
> bay to Dandenong sounds a little absurd.
>
> M.
>
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