Re: Number Of Platforms At CBD Stations

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

On Thu, 26 Feb 1998 03:20:09 GMT,
billbolton.REMOVE-To-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton) wrote:

>On Thu, 26 Feb 1998 10:51:54 +1100, Scott Ratcliff <scottr@uq.net.au>
>wrote:
>
>>Were they indend to be used but construction was stopped? If
>>so where would they go.
>
>They were mooted to be for a "railway to the airport" at the time of
>construction in the "Chalmers Street Hole", but things have panned out
>somewhat differently, with the New Southern Railway using surface
>platforms which were vacated after Illawarra trains were diverted to
>the ESR.
>
>> Any hidden tunnels at Town hall?
>


  Its a pitty the NSR wasn't put underground, but when you think
rationaly about it any use of the ghost platforms would mean more
tunnels on the city side for network integration. I personaly cannot
see a VFT using them either, for the simple fact that it would be very
hard to get trains for the railway tunnel into the platforms. I also
think that some of the mooted plans to use St James would come up with
a likewise sonnario. For me I think its a pitty that the new line does
not have any capability what so ever to get trains into 'Sydney
Terminal' as that would make a reasonably sensiable termination point
for any VFT service.

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