Re: Tasrail: last train on NE line
Greg Rudd (greg@janus.law.usyd.edu.au)
Tue, 27 May 1997 17:12:09 +1000
David Cooper wrote:
>
> In article <5mbe5a$2ud$2@tiger.aba.net.au>, pcc@ocean.com.au (Leslie Brown)
> wrote:
>
> > 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
Hi
I know that in NSW most branch lines have been closed a line by
suspending services indefinately. In this case the all right of way and
track still remains in place, but there is no obligation to maintain the
track after services have been suspended. To close a line in NSW
requires an act of Parliment. To my knowledge only three lines have
been closed in this fashion ie The Rock to Westbury, Campbelltown to
Camden, and Glenreagh to Dorrigo.
My $0.02