Re: Queanbeyan -Cooma Line

[Eddie Oliver <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au>]

Peter Berrett wrote:
> 
> 
> If some reasonable way (ie greenie-friendly) could be found to join Orbost
> to Bombala do you think that this line could be viable taking into account
> wood freight traffic in both directions and passenger traffic along the
> route? I wonder what the timings would be considering that Mel-Traralgon
> plus Sydney to Canberra is about 2.5 hours total.


You have about as much chance of getting a railway between Orbost and
Bombala as you do of building a railway to the moon. No, LESS chance. At
least some people would find the latter commercially attractive.

Eddie Oliver