Re: Railway upgrade to separate freight and passenger trains

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

"Dave Proctor" <david@spambait.proctor.net> wrote in message
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| "Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
| > "James C." <james_ccj@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

| > | Railway upgrade to separate freight and passenger trains
| > | 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.
| > | "What this proposes, is separating the freight lines from passenger
lines to
| > | enable freight trains to move easily in and out of Sydney."
| >
| > One Nation re-visited.
|
| Please explain?

On the off chance that you're not just having a joke (which I was a bit slow
to pick up on), or for those who don't know, One Nation was Paul Keating's
(Bob Hawke's?) idea to unify?/nationalise? the railway system. An important
part was a separate freight line from Macarthur to Enfield to allow
double-stacked containers. We ended up with an extra platform at Macarthur
and a relief/loop from Ingleburn to Glenfield, almost totally useless.