Re: Why not just the TGV?

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

In article <6oijrm$sn8$1@the-fly.zip.com.au>, "Wollongong Quokka"
<quokka@zip.net.au> wrote:

> There's certainly been a plan floating around somewhere for a tunnel from
> Waterfall to Thirroul, but I don't think it's ever been considered very
> seriously and I have no idea if it even deserves to be.  It certainly would
> make a big difference to the Sydney - Wollongong run though.

I think that the main fly in that tube of ointment is the extent of
longwall mining in the region. Much of the area west of the escarpment is
subsiding; not by much, but it's probably enough to make a rail tunnel
iffy.