> 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?
The remainder of the N-E line.
Tonganah-Herrick services ceased '92. Was the line officially closed then
or since? Tonganah-Coldwater Creek (where the N-E line meets the Bell Bay
line) services ceased last week. I'm guessing the line would be officially
closed sometime.
Perhaps someone would like to outline the difference between no services
and line closure. For example how long does a right of way continue to
exist and a rail line be reestablished if fences and other structures have
been built. There would have to be some sort of change to land title and an
Act for total closure?
-- David Cooper University of Tasmania