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>>>Can you imagine ANY Government spending money to build railways in
>>>Australia? Some even spend it to STOP railway projects already under
>>>way!
>>
>>>--
>>>Cheers,
>>>Dennis
>>>http://www.cia.com.au/drittson/
>>>drittson@cia.com.au
>>
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>>Not sure the above statement is totally fair.
>>The Federal Govt did fund AN to allow it to upgrade all the mainline AN track
>>from Wolsely in SA to Kalgoorlie in WA with CWR totally concrete sleepered
>>rail, same from Tarcoola to Alice Springs.
>>You are correct about the rest though, excluding Queensland which has done a
>>very good job of upgrading its own Rail system.
>>The rest, ie VIC,WA & NSW are hopeless.
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>What about the new Sydney Airport railway, and then there is the new
>Olympic passenger line, replaceing the old goods line. In the near
>future, the extension of the Eastern Suburbs line to Bondi Beach. Most
>of the Suburban rail network has had its signalling replaced and track
>upgraded in recent years. The extension of the east hills line is not
>that old.
>The upgrading of lines is dependent on demand for the line.
> We see a continued growth of rail under government owernership, but
>were are the new private railways. All are hot air waiting for
>subsidies of one sort or another from government.
>
How about somthing outside of the Sydney area. There are miles of
track that is in good need of restoration in NSW. Also as for the
Sydney area although the extensions you mentioned above there is much
more that could be done if the money was put to it. For eg Many parts
of Syndey are still without good decent access to railway (The north
west is a good example) which with money could be possible. Also the
rolling stock is getting on and IMO more than the Tullock cars need to
be replaced.
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