Re: QR Moree extension

[dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)]

peter berrett  tbsa.com.au"> (pberrett@"<"remove-this-spambait) wrote:
> Sydney to Moree to Brisbane 
> 
> Ideally the service would be run during daylight hours so that
> passengers along the route would not have to get up in the early hours
> of the morning to go to either capital city. To some extent the train
> could replace the existing Moree service whilst providing a new
> westbound service from Brisbane.

I can't see even an XPT doing Sydney to Brisbane via Moree in daylight.

> I have just been reading 'The World's Fastest Trains' by Geoffrey
> Freeman Allen - particularly the chapter 'Spain joins the high-speed
> club'. The Spain-France Talgo trains have laterally movable stub axles
> which enable multiple gauge use. I see no reason why the same
> arrangement might not be used to run a Bribane to Moree to Sydney
> service.   

4'8.5" to 5'6" is easier to do on the fly than standard to narrow gauge.

Ideally there should be a new standard gauge line built from Moree to
Brisbane. Through traffic to Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth could go via
Dubbo and Parkes. This would take some pressure off the north coast line.

> Additional patronage might also come from an interchange at some point
> with the high speed inland freight line proposed to run through the back
> blocks of qld and nsw to Darwin. no doubt this line would hold some
> promise for high speed passenger traffic as well so Melbourne passengers
> could catch the high speed train northwards and interchange at some
> point with the Moree service to go to Brisbane. they might even find it
> faster to go Melbourne to Sydney via Moree!

This is assume it actually gets biult. At the moment it's on a proposal.

Cheers
David