Re: Brisbane to Sydney line

[petan@ion.com.au (petan@ion.com.au)]

I travelled the Casino to Murwillumbah line at Easter with the RTM
alco and NRR 421 tour! It seemed to be in poor condition.. lots of
caution boards and tight curves. I frequently watch the XPT speed out
of Murwillumbah southbound only to jam on the brakes for a left hand
than a tight righthand curve to enter the "straight" to go under the
Pacific highway bridge. Many of the stations have been closed.  

Cheers
Peter Cokley 


On 11 Nov 1998 23:15:12 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
wrote:

>Matthew Nolan (mnolan@uq.net.au) wrote:
>> I was just wondering if any consideration had been given to
>> standardising the Gold Coast line and then continuing it to
>> Murwillimbah.
>
>Given that the Queensland government has just spent over $100 million
>building it, I doubt it!
>
>It would make more sense to extend the Murwillumbah line and meet up with
>the narrow gauge line at Coolangatta. The majority of Murwillumbah traffic
>is to/from the Gold Coast, so this would be the logical desgination.
>
>A dual gauge station at the airport (earmarked for upgrading to an
>international airport) would be ideal. 
>
>Cheers
>David