Re: Why not just the TGV?

[ajwright@ozemail.com.au (Ashley Wright)]

On Wed, 15 Jul 1998 13:52:42 +1100, revdoc@uow.edu.au (Phil Herring)
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 :)
>
>
Not to mention the fact that it would have to get up the hill after
wollongong to get to Goulburn and onwards!!

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