Re: Alice-Darwin Line

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

"Maurie Daly" <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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| On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 16:42:41 +1100, "Tezza"
| <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
|
| >
| >"Maurie Daly"
| >
| >| I thought that rather than selling shares in the line a la a
| >| sleeper,the NT Govt could sell the whole line in 1 metre chunks to
| >| interested investors.
| >| A 1 metre length of track would cost you about $1000 and as you would
| >| then be a track owner ,you would be entitled to receive track access
| >| fees for your 1 metre of track.
| >
| >And be liable for maintainance and losses?
| >
| >
| >| What a marvelous investment opportunity.
| >
| >I think not.
| >
| Yes , I was joking .
| As a matter of interest , if we assume 2 X 4000 tonne trains per day
| then your daily gross income would be a whopping 3.2 cents per day .
| Out of this you would have to pay tax, maintenance charges and train
| controller salaries , lets assume you get 3 cents a day .
| This amounts to $8 a year or 0.8 % return on investment.

Sorry, had the sarcasm filter set too high.