Re: Railway upgrade to separate freight and passenger trains

["Arthur Marsh" <mars0177@flinders.edu.au>]

Thanks for the URL. ARTC never responded to my query on why there were no
press releases on their sited for the year 2000.

Arthur.

"William Miller" <backtran@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Also this:
> http://www.artc.com.au/press_releases/1st_may_2001.htm
>
> James C. <james_ccj@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> 3aeead67$0$25478$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au">news:3aeead67$0$25478$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> > http://www.abc.net.au/news/newslink/nat/newsnat-1may2001-61.htm
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
>
>