Re: Why not just the TGV?

[dbromage@omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

Phil Herring (revdoc@uow.edu.au) wrote:
> 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 :)

A VFT would run on its own line roughly following the freeway. At a rough
guess I'd say under 30 mins Central to Wollongong.

Cheers
David