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Re: Road and Rail Funding
- Subject: Re: Road and Rail Funding
- From: patrick_dunford@caverock.net.nz (Patrick Dunford)
- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 19:42:32 +1200
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Behold, on Tue, 29 Jun 1999 10:17:21 +1200 in
misc.transport.rail.australia-nz:<3777F471.51FD@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz>, David
McLoughlin (davemcl@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz) didst uttereth:
>Patrick Dunford wrote:
>
>> Trains have to go on railway lines. The construction costs of these lines
are
>> massive. Therefore I am definitely challenging the implication that it is
>> cheaper to run a train. When was the last time a new railway line was
built
>> in NZ? Tranz Rail will not do it unless they can be sure of getting enough
>> traffic. Just being able to compete over a route is not necessarily
enough.
>>
>> Most of the network that exists today was built by the State (as public
>> works, etc) and was not compelled to operate profitably. OK so the roads
at
>> present are not compelled to operate profitably either but at least it is
>> possible to show that the running costs of a railway are not trivial.
>
>Ahem I was talking about public transport -- trams and trains -- in
>cities. The cost of building a tram line or an electric train line
snip
what sort of "electric train line" is this?
- --
Patrick Dunford, Christchurch, NZ
http://patrick.dunford.com/
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