Re: St.Albans rail crossing

[p.edwards@its.unimelb.edu.au (Paul Edwards)]

In article <B70BACC4.2DD1%markbau@earthlink.net>, 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.

Is there any reason why they couldn't chuck the road under some of these
grade spearations? Gets around the grade problem for different classes of
train (although in for eg Grange Rd Fairfield, or St Albans there is the
problem of the road signals and roads parallel to the rail line...

PE