Re: [NSW] Five (in a car) thought dead after train crash

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Stuart Thyer" <s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au> wrote in message
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| Given the number of accidents the XPT is experiencing at crossings,
| considering upgrading crossings in areas of high speed running should be
| high. What does an accident like this cost in both monetary and emotional
| terms, probably as much or more than the cost of installing booms.
| It may be just a matter of time before the XPT gets unlucky and the death
| toll rises dramatically in a crossing accident. By then it will be too
late,
| rail will suffer the poor publicity, after all the media always report
| 'train hits car' (naughty train)


Apart from the huge initial installation cost, there's the quite large
ongoing cost of daily checks of the xing and routine maintenance.