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

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

And today it emerges that they're thinking of extending the freeway westward
to meet Citylink, because of traffic problems. *sigh*


Daniel

"MiCRiC" <slagel@senet.com.au> wrote in message
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> > 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 (-:
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> As I recall that was part of the plan in the 1967 or was it 1969
> Melbourne Transportation Study...  I think an underground was going to
> branch off the city loop, trvel under Fitzroy and emerge to travel down
> the median of the freeway....  I might be slightly wrong, cos I haven't
> read the study in about a year...  But as usual, the freeway got built,
> but not the rail line...
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> micric