Re: New Tram line along Dudley Street?

["Johann Fan" <jyf@optusnet.com.au>]

John Wayman <trecker@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> 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,

Areb't the 86/95 (and 11) trams going to terminate down near crown at the
new southbank shunt? (no idea when it will be built). The 70 tram is meant
to loop around to Victoria/Brunswick st shunt when it is done.