Re: Melbourne's Old Train Fleet

[Michael Walker <walker@hotkey.net.au>]

Bob wrote:
> 
> J Richmond wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know when Melbourne will get new EMU sets?
> > The last real new EMU's we got were 1981 when the Comeng Supertrains
> > were
> > brought in. We do have the 4 car 'Public Development Train' Tangara
> > but
> > that's too wide to use on most routes (isn't it?).
> > The Comeng Supertrains are looking pretty scruffy, not to mention the
> > 1970's
> > Hitachi tin cans.
> > I use Melbourne's trains at least once a day and I don't think the
> > older
> > trains will last too much longer.
> 
> Dont expect to see any new trains before the privatisation of the entire
> rail system. Why would they bother spending money on trains anyway.
> Casinos get more votes than a new train or
> two.                                                            Bob

Wasn't one of the main reasons the Labour government got in in 1982 (or
thereabouts) was on the basis of upgrading a public transport system
that had been run down for decades by successive Liberal governments? I
for one would vote for a government that aimed to get people back on
public transport with serious proposals to improve it.