Re: $550m to speed up Vic rail services

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Railway Rasputin3" <james_ccj@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> In article <G8At5.4$Cy6.4380@news0.optus.net.au>,
>   dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote:

> > What about crossovers at Footscray? It would eliminate those annoying
> > problems of changing trains and going via Bunbury St when there is
> > trackwork at South Kensington.
>
> A cross over is needed at North Melbourne where V/line train crosses
> sunburban train lines.

Wouldn't get around the problem of trackwork at South Kensington though.
Just with this, why don't they run them via Brooklyn? It would take 10
minutes longer, but it is better than changing trains at Footscray.

Dave