Re: $550m to speed up Vic rail services

["Stuart Thyer" <s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au>]

For the sake of special steam services, let's hope it includes resignalling
the Bendigo line with automatic signalling to allow 'follow on moves'. If
160 kph running is brought in with the current block signalling currently in
place you can kiss goodbye nearly every available path for slower special
trains. 
Likewise for Ballarat, at least another loop is required around Ballan, the
current timetable makes it almost impossible to find a decent path as it is.
As for Geelong, bite the bullet Bracksy and electrify, it's the only
sensible thing to do.

Stuart Thyer
Photographer
University of Melbourne

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In article <k3_s5.4$CT5.617@news0.optus.net.au>, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au
(David Bromage) wrote:


>$550m to speed up Vic rail services
>   MELBOURNE, Sept 5 AAP - The Victorian government will spend $550 
>million on developing fast rail links between Melbourne and major 
>regional centres, Premier Steve Bracks announced today.
>   Mr Bracks said the introduction of high-speed services between 
>Melbourne and Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and Traralgon would be the 
>biggest one-off investment in regional rail infrastructure in 100 
>years.