Re: TGV type questions.

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au>]

Maurie Daly wrote in message ...
>It seems to me that even with a VFT style rail service between Canberra &
>Sydney there simply wont ever be enough patronage to make the train viable
if
>it simply continues to serve the same two end points.
>A continuation of a VFT style service to Melb from Sydney would make a bit
>more sense , but would still be marginal if the line is only used for
>passengers.

The VFT proposal a few years back was planning to run
Sydney-Canberra-Melbourne. BHP was part of the consortium and the project
was eventually cancelled because the government at the time wouldn't provide
any tax concessions.
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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au