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Re: Tumut Line

Subject: Re: Tumut Line
From: "David Proctor" <daproc.spambait@umpires.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 20:53:21 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: OzEmail Ltd.
References: <367C93B0.DA05B4A3@hermes.net.au> <mauried.155.367CC24B@commslab.gov.au>

Maurie Daly wrote in message ...

>This line will cost a fortune to re-open .
>A fair amount of the line is simply missing , a large bit being completely
>removed to make way for the duplication of the Hume Highway.

But has the line been formally closed, by an Act of Parliament? If not, then
the RTA would have to pay for restoration works, so cost would not be an
issue.

>There are a large number of timber trestle bridges apart from the
Murrumbidgee
>River that would have to be replaced.
>Its simply not worth it.

These would be the responsibility of Rail Access, which would, presumably,
pass the cost on to operators.

David Proctor
daproc.spambait@umpires.com

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  - From: David & Julie Donald <dsjmd@hermes.net.au>
- Re: Tumut Line
  - From: mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)

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