Re: Trams for Canberra?

David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au)
9 Feb 1998 06:15:55 GMT

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rollingstock, it was proposed to use withdrawn Melbourne W class cars now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