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Re: Trains, Promises and NT Elections (dont forget johnie O's Election)
- To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
- Subject: Re: Trains, Promises and NT Elections (dont forget johnie O's Election)
- From: pcc@ocean.com.au (Leslie Brown)
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 12:51:46 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Australian Business Access Pty Ltd
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telljb@ozemail.com.au (Terry Burton) wrote in aus.rail:
>pcc@ocean.com.au (Leslie Brown) wrote:
>[snip]
>>Sorry Tell, but I think the Alice would be better off as a prime
>>tourist destination, rather than a 10 minute crew-change (:-)
>>Les Brown.
>Hi Les
>I will be honest and say right now that I have mixed feelings
>about this Alice to Darwin line.
>BUT the cost of constructing a high speed line from Melbourne to
>Darwin would not only be astronomical, the freight rates will
>have to be likewise for the Investors to get their money back.
>The same sort of philosophy applies to both lines, ie. once you
>build the line, the freight will follow and the line will pay.
>
>How was that old song again ....... It aint necessarily so.!
Fair enough, Tell. If the freight rates where any higher than the road
I wouldn't invest in it either, but the strange thing is that some
people expect such a line to be competitive with road freight charges.
Perhaps they're too stupid to realise this insignificant little
detail?
Les Brown.