Re: Melb - Darwin rail link

Arthur Marsh (arthur@gateway.dircsa.org.au)
24 Jul 1997 21:52:56 +0930

John Wayman (bushwalker@msn.com) wrote:

: Also there are people in Alice Springs who think that the town will lose
: its railhead status if the line is continued to Darwin.

It wouldn't be worse than it is now.

: Lots of road transport jobs would go, probably with the same or less rail
: staff than now.

: Rail passengers would probably keep going to Darwin as well, with loss of
: patronage at the Casino as well.

: The new proposal makes good sense, and would certainly create a high speed
: freight and passenger corridor without a competing road route.

Can you spell NEPEAN HIGHWAY?

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