Re: Third stevedore plan for port

[lbrown2@bigpond.com (Brown Family)]

On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:30:25 +1100, Yuri J
Sos<steam4me@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:

>On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:02:42 GMT, lbrown2@bigpond.com (Brown Family)
>wrote:
>
>>"In Altona North, CRT is scheduled to open for business within four
>>months. It will have the capacity to handle 13,000 TEUs per annum and
>>will be serviced by both road and rail," she said. "A single shuttle
>>will run to East Swanson Dock five days a week, 52 weeks a year."
>
>Currently the line runs down to Appleton Dock, although there is a
>curved easement through a wall of containers which would run into East
>Swanson Dock:  a new line would need to be built here.
>
>>Double-stacking from CRT to East Swanson Dock and other inland ports
>>also on the agenda?
>
>Double stacking would be too expensive (Buggery Street tunnel and
>Maribyrnong River bridge combination are formidable financially
>expensive obstacles.
>
Correct Yuri. Too expensive to make any enlargement idea viable unless
Footscray station is totally re-organised (forget about shifting brick
buildings, they tried it with the old North Melbourne Loco and it
failed miserably).  It might be better and cheaper to construct a
totally new track. I suggest it might go via Yarraville or maybe on
the level through Footscray. But somehow, re-organising Footscray
station and opening the tunnel will always be the best option, IMHO.

Les Brown