Re: End of the line for rail link to Bondi

["E.P" <nathan1@ihug.com.au>]

Maybe they should have let Dr J Bradfield have his way back in the 20's and
30's, maybe we have a more complex rail system in the Sydney Suburban Area.

E.P

"Greg Rudd" <grudd@mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote in message
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> David Bromage wrote:
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> > The State Government has dumped plans to build a rail line to Bondi
> > Beach and instead will pour more than $86 million into fixing peak-hour
> > problems on CityRail's Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra lines. The Minister
> > for Transport, Mr Scully, revealed last night that he had rejected an
> > amended proposal by the Bondi Beach Railway Company which would have
> > cost $247million, including $94million from taxpayers.
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> > http://www.smh.com.au/news/0105/22/national/national9.html
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> It would be a far better investment to fully complete the ESR than to muck
> around with tin-pot schemes shuch as this.
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