Re: Rail Black Spots

[kingpin1@ozemail.com.au (Derek Woodlands)]

On Tue, 14 Jul 1998 22:23:37 +1000, "Reuben Farrelly" <reubie@bigpond.com.AAA>
took time out from wrapping gaffer tape around gerbils and wrote:
 
> 30% (270km) of the Adelaide-Melbourne rail line is restricted to 80kph or
> less because of track condition.  For around $130 million, the rail line
> could be brought up to world's best practice, including double stacked
> container capacity, reducing transit times by three hours and saving at
> least 900,000 litres of fuel per annum.  By contrast, the Federal Government
> is spending $138 million on road improvements in the Adelaide hills which
> will reduce road travel time by just 10 minute"s.
> <end quote>
> 
> Gotta love that 10 mins I'd save if I went to Adelaide by car!
> 
The road works in the Adelaide Hills also get rid of some nasty curves on which
many accidents and some fatalities have occurred over the years.


Catchya

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