Re: Studies find Melbourne-Brisbane rail freight link viable

["Dino64" <dino64@iprimus.com.au>]

David Bromage wrote in message ...
>
>Phase 1
>
>(All new track to allow for double stacking and 2000m trains)
>
>Melbourne - Albury - Cootamundra - Parkes - Narromine - Dubbo - Binnaway -
>Werris Creek - Gunnedah - Moree - North Star: upgrade existing track,
>raise line speed to 115km/h throughout, some new junctions and loops.
>
>(Option 1: Triangular junction at Gap East Jcn
> Option 2: Rebuild Gap East Jcn to Werris Creek South Jcn)
>
>North Star - Boggabilla: rebuild track to main line standard
>
>Boggabilla - Goondawindi: new track
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>Goondawindi - Inglewood: rebuild existing QR track to dual gauge
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>Inglewood - Millmerran: new track
>
>Millmerran - Toowoomba: new track along existing corridor, some deviations
>
>Toowoomba - Ipswich: new track. New route throuth the hills, then along
>existing corridor on the plains to Ipswich (may be built by QR)
>
>Ipswich - Acacia Ridge: new line south of the suburbs
>
>Completion: 2004
>Journey time: 27 hours
>Cost: $1.2 billion,
>      Additional $500 million to allow 160km/h running on new track.
David,

Unfortunately, the federal government just allocated that $1.7 Billion to
the new road building program. Once again the railways are left with nothing
but crumbs from someone else's feast.

Dino