Re: New Tram line along Dudley Street?

["John Wayman" <trecker@optusnet.com.au>]

Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Saturday's Melbourne Herald-Comic had a front-page story about the new
Paramount
> studios development for Melbourne's Docklands.  It had an artist's
impression of
> the entrance being a large archway over dudley Street with a W class tram
> passing underneath.  The accompanying text mentioned that the developers
hope to
> have the tram service extended along Dudley St to serve the complex.  I
guess
> this would have to be a Northward extension of the 70 turning West into
Dudley
> St from the soon to be constructed Docklands Blvd extension.

Why not extend the Bundoora line to this point? It would eliminate shunting
at the end of Bourke Street,

Cheers
John Wayman