Re: (Vic)Consequences of standardisation

["Rod [comtrain]" <freight_man@hotmail.com>]

Well reported Andrei!
Rod
<andreisoup@goconnect.net> wrote in message
news:9du51p$465$1@news.netmar.com...
> Some interesting consquences of the state government's conversion of rail
> lines from broad to standard include:
> *Melbourne-Bacchus Marsh-Ballarat-Ararat BG sprinters will never run to
> Maryborough (I suppose this was wishful thinking-"running", not "not
> running")
> *Mildura train will run SG Melb, North Shore(Geelong), Ballarat,
Maryborough,
> Dunolly, Ouyen, Mildura
> *Three Victoria-based passnger trains will be SG: Mildura, Shepparton and
> Albury
> *Now we can see why Sunbury-Bendigo doesn't need to be twin-track anymore.
> This line will no longer carry Kulwin, Robinvale, Moulamein or Deniliquin
> traffic. Perhaps Sunbur is not the best cut-off point?
> *Is there a use for Castlemaine-Maryborough BG and if not will
> Castlemaine-Maryborough get handed back to VicTrack due to redundancy of
line
> and will Castlemaine-Maldon Junction be given to VGR (Maldon tourist
line).
> *Is there a use for BG on the Maryborough-Dunolly dual-gauge line?
> *No more Cowangie-Waurn Ponds freight? though Cowangie-Gheringap freight
will
> remain.
> *ARTC will no longer have a monopoly on SG track between Gheringap and
Tailem
> Bend, as Pinnaroo-Panitya will once again be an artery (or a vein, if
you're
> a pessimist)
> *ARTC has a five-year lease from Victrack. When does this expire? Would
any
> good purpose be served by leasing to someone else?
> *Mineral sands could travel from Mildura to Adelaide via Pinnaroo as a
result
> of gauge conversion, not despite; or are the Adelaide Hills too much of a
> barrier? I suppose, even if that happens, Portland might miss out, but at
> least the mineral sands industry will be developed - good for Mildura
area.
>
>
> Andrei Souprounovich
>