Re: Doncaster line revisited (Was: New form of rail transportation)

["Mike Alexander" <malex@bigfoot.com>]

> If you were to run a railway into Doncaster (and/or beyond), what route
> would you use, where would you put stations?

How about Hawthorn - Kew Junction (underground along the old Kew line) -
Willsmere - then join the freeway at Chandler Highway...

or

underground from Spencer Street - Vic Market - Melbourne Uni - Brunswick St
(at Alexandra Pde) then join the freeway...


Just dreaming....


Regards,

Mike Alexander


"Michael" <usenet.spam@gunzel.net> wrote in message
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> MiCRiC <slagel@senet.com.au> wrote in article
> <3A123917.B24426F6@senet.com.au>:
>
> >Shame on you for suggesting such as thing...  Public transport on
> >freeways is of bugger all use to anyone.  Because it can only travel of
> >a freeway it cant stop very often, and consequentially can serve a
> >mininal number of distinations and wont appeal to consumers...
>
> On the other hand, a railway down the middle of the Eastern Freeway would
> be of great benefit. Would be great to be a passenger of a train doing
> 115kph, when the cars can only do 100 (-:
>
> Seriously though, a proper railway to Doncaster is long overdue. Every day
> I see the hundreds of cars lined up going into the city.
>
> If you were to run a railway into Doncaster (and/or beyond), what route
> would you use, where would you put stations?
>
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