Re: Ararat rail return at a crucial stage

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

"Paul Hambleton" <P.HambletonREMOVE@bom.gov.au> wrote in message
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> Why would it cost more to build the new DMUs in standard gauge? Obviously,
> the government will have to be more proactive with rail infrastructure and
> they should be prepared to provide fair and reasonable subsidies to
> operators who incur extra costs due to the conversion. The cost of all
this
> is chicken feed when compared to what they are committed to spending on
raod
> projects anyway.

Probably more expensive on SG because they would need to have some BG and
some SG, including one or two spare on each gauge (can hardly swap from one
to the other in a hurry when something fails) as well as spare bogies, etc.

Dave