Re: [NSW] Central Platform 26/27

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Peter Cook wrote:

> It might be possible to build a junction in the NSR tunnel just north of
> Cleveland St, which would branch off and continue underground to ST 14/15.
> It would be very tricky (and would probably require closure of the NSR for
> quite a while during construction) but it could be done.
>
> It's too bad nobody displayed any foresight when NSR was built as they could
> have done a St James during construction and TGV's construction wouldn't
> have affected NSR at all.  Come to think of it, why not send the TGV to St
> James instead of ST - you could use one of the inside platforms for
> terminating trains and the other for originating trains by simply building
> junctions at the southern end of both platforms.  Or if you wanted, you
> could move suburban services to one of the island platforms and use the
> other for TGV services, but that would require a lot more work.
>
> Any thoughts?

This makes far more sense than running them from Sydney Terminal.  That way, the
main terminal would be in the centre of the City.

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