Re: Railway upgrade to separate freight and passenger trains

["William Miller" <backtran@optusnet.com.au>]

Also this:
http://www.artc.com.au/press_releases/1st_may_2001.htm

James C. <james_ccj@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Railway upgrade to separate freight and passenger trains
>
> A $500 million upgrade of the nation's rail tracks is being proposed to
> increase the use of rail for freight.
>
> The Australian Track Corporation has completed an audit of Australia's
> interstate rail network and has found it is sorely in need of an upgrade,
> particularly on the eastern seaboard.
>
> Corporation chief executive David Marchant says Sydney is blocking the
whole
> freight system.
>
> Rail is currently only taking 20 per cent of all freight between Sydney
and
> Melbourne.
>
> Mr Marchant says a separate freight track through Sydney would help the
> whole nation.
>
> "Partly it is because tracks are requiring upgrading, but the real issue
is
> that there isn't a freight link separate from the passenger link through
> Sydney," Mr Marchant.
>
> "Therefore, the freight trains have to compete with the passenger trains
to
> get through and it clogs up the passenger system.
>
> "What this proposes, is separating the freight lines from passenger lines
to
> enable freight trains to move easily in and out of Sydney."
>
>
> Cheers
> James
>
>