Re: Why not just the TGV?

[revdoc@uow.edu.au (Phil Herring)]

In article <6ogslj$md9@inferno.mpx.com.au>, "Tanner" <tanner@mpx.com.au> wrote:

> Why can't the TGV just run down to Wollongong from Moss Vale and up to
> Sydney from there?

In three words: the Illawarra line. It's far from straight, far from
smooth, and far from stable. It's why it takes about 90 minutes to go from
Wollongong to Central. If the TGV is run on it, it will be become the same
sort of VST (very slow train) that is currently run by the SRA :)


-- Phil.