Re: Metro Light Rail (Sydney) Lilyfield extension

[matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier)]

In article <36501615.0@news.highway1.com.au>,
David & Jan Winter <winterd@nospam-icenet.com.au> wrote:
>This thread was getting a bit confusing.
>
>I have a question: If the light rail goes through to Lilyfield, is any part
>of the Metro Goods to be retained? Along with this question, is any port
>cargo or industrial activity left at White Bay/Glebe Island?
>

 The section under consideration is over part of the goods line that hasnt
seen a real train since the demise of the Davies (?) Flour mill at WentWorth
Park, and even then they were only using one track, the other being abandoned.
 When the SLR track was being built, I think the RSA track machines got in
and out via the line, probably the last rail traffic it has seen.

 From the plans I saw, the Lilyfield station would be 'under' Catherine St,
just short of where the Glebe part of the goods line splits off from the
'main' line into Roselle yards, so that area would still be available to
goods trains.
 Further proposed extensions run over currently used sections of the goods
line. Technically its not a problem for light and heavy rail to share tracks,
so Roselle could stay available for goods trains after further light rail
extensions, but I rather doubt it.