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

[Vaughan Williams <ender2000@my-deja.com>]

Thats the eastward extension to Ringwood. Daniel's talking about the
westward extension though Carlton.

TOgether they'll cost over a billion. Add to that a billion for the
Scoresby and the best part of another billion for the F18 and you have
three billion dollars. Forget about how many EMU's you could buy - that
kind of money could give melbourne and regional victoria the best
public transport in the world, fix up all the decaying rural roads,
hire an awful lot of nurses, and have plenty of change left over to
build some new schools.

Vaughan

In article <8v2dbn$nk8$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  James C. <james_ccj@my-deja.com> wrote:
> In article <nGZQ5.10293$tU2.86773@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
>   "Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote:
> > And today it emerges that they're thinking of extending the freeway
> westward
> > to meet Citylink, because of traffic problems. *sigh*
> >
> > Daniel
>
> Whitehorse Gazette have news on this project very often. IIRC this
> project would cost 350m$.
>
> How many new EMUs can you purchase with that amount of money?
>
> > "MiCRiC" <slagel@senet.com.au> wrote in message
> > 3A13A412.91E424B9@senet.com.au">news:3A13A412.91E424B9@senet.com.au...
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > 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 (-:
> > > >
> > >
> > > 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...
> > >
> > > micric
> >
> >
>
> --
> Cheers
>
> Railway Rasputin
>
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