Re: Mystery railway track between Helensburgh and Otford.

David Johnson (trainman@cia.com.au)
Fri, 16 May 1997 00:30:38 GMT

Phil Herring <revdoc@uow.edu.au> wrote:

>Just out of curiosity, would using the old alignment be faster than the
>current one? I gather that it was much straighter for several km, and used
>three tunnels to get through some large ridges, that the current line loops
>around.

It is single track, but I would imagine about 20 minutes faster. I
think the benefits would outweigh the defecits. Besides, It would
avoid the Stanwell Park viaduct. :)

David Johnson
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