Re: Tasrail: last train on NE line

Leslie Brown (pcc@ocean.com.au)
Mon, 26 May 1997 07:26:06 GMT

David.Cooper@utas.edu.au (David Cooper) wrote in aus.rail:

>Tasrail have ceased services on the North-East line from Tonganah
>(Scottsdale). The final clay train for Australian Paper ran last Thursday.

>There is no other business on the line, so official closure is only a
>matter of time unless something comes up following privatisation. This is
>unlikely.

They've closed it again?

According to my book; "Tasmanian Railways 1871-1996, 125 Years",
beyond Tonganah to Herrick was closed in April '92.

Perhaps you mean the whole North-East line?

>David Cooper
>University of Tasmania

Les Brown.