Re: Speed Rail V Maglev

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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| Tezza wrote:
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| > From Campbelltown Chronicle 3/10/00
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| > Campbelltown's new mayor Jim Kremmer is leading a push for the latest in
fast, hi-tech rail transport,
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| > "Wheel-on-steel trains have reached the end of their development. The
next step is to get 21st century technology into Campbelltown.
| > Speed rail from Sydney to Melbourne would take five hours. But magnetic
levitation trains would take 2 1/2."
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| I think he is adding a couple of hours onto the Speedrail time.

yes just to put in some generous station standing times just in case
something happens and the train is late =)

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