Re: $550m to speed up Vic rail services

[Railway Rasputin3 <james_ccj@my-deja.com>]

In article <G8At5.4$Cy6.4380@news0.optus.net.au>,
  dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote:
> Craig Haber (albatross@harnessnet.com.au) wrote:
> > Chris Gordon wrote:
> > > Lots of work in the suburban area:
> > > Three track Aircraft - Laverton, Footscray - St.Albans
>
> > Aircraft-Laverton??  All the way to Werribee would be
better...Footscray-Newport
> > would be nice, but cost big $$$$.
>
> Laverton - Werribee would be better. But isn't the Altona line to be
> duplicated?
Also Altona line don't really get many stopping trains from Werribee
line, the line itself can get trains run at high speed therefore don't
need much work done(maybe level crossings)




> > Infrastructure:
>
> 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.
>
> Cheers
> David
A cross over is needed at North Melbourne where V/line train crosses
sunburban train lines.

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Cheers

RR3


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