Re: Trams for Canberra?
Barry Campbell (campblbm@ozemail.com.au)
Mon, 9 Feb 1998 17:37:35 +1000
David Bromage wrote in message <6bm6ur$hur$2@gruvel.une.edu.au>...
>David Bennetts (davibenn@pcug.org.au) wrote:
>>Once again, a plan for putting in a tram system has been proposed for
>>Canberra, this time in conjunction with a plan for 'revitalising' the
Civic
>>(downtown) area. It is envisaged the tram system would link the new yet
to
>>be built National Museum (on the Acton pensinsula where the hospital was
>>imploded) with Civic, and also serve the Australian National University,
so
>>would be a rather short line, probably about 3km or so in length. For
>>rollingstock, it was proposed to use withdrawn Melbourne W class cars now
>>in storage.
>
>So it's going to be nothing more than a tourist line? Canberra really
>needs a decent light rail network dur to its spread out nature.
>
>Cheers
>David
I didn't think Canberra could even support its bus system let alone trams.
Barry Campbell