Re: St.Albans rail crossing

[amorton@mudguard.ee.mu.oz.au (Anthony Morton)]

Mark Bau  <markbau@earthlink.net> wrote:

>I'm not going to dispute your figures (although I wonder who would pay the
>10 - 15 million) but St. Albans is a bit different due to the fact that
>freight trains use the line. In order to avoid a very weird track profile
>and an excessive grade the length of the underpass would have to be much
>longer than on a track that only runs sparks. Elsternwick is short and steep
>and works fine on a spark only line but it would have to be done much
>differently at St. Albans.

Perhaps a better comparison is with the grade-separation treatments on the
Frankston line around Moorabbin or the Lilydale line around Box Hill.  Both
these lines carry freight IIRC.

TM