Re: Sydney Airport Rail Service

["trendy rechauffé" <trendy_rechauffe@start.com.au>]

WhaleOilBeefHooked <daproc@spambait.umpires.com> wrote in message
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> Bob Horgan wrote in message <37946511.DBDAB752@idx.com.au>...
> >There has been so little said about the progress of this new rail
> >service which is still
> >under construction. Come on you blokes get with it, this has to be the
> >finest , most ambitious project that City Rail has ever embaked upon and
> >no one wants to talk about it.
>
> Ummmm - it is not a CityRail project. It is being built by private
> enterprise (with some CityRail funding). In return, they get the rights to
> run the station for <insert number here> years.
>
> As far as I know, it is running ahead of schedule, although I think they
> still plan to open at the original time. Would be better if they opened
> early though.
>
> DaveP
>
I'm sure I heard 30 years befor the government gets it. Judging by the
condition of the ESR after 20 years. 30 years should be about how long it
takes till the underground stations need a complete overhaul.

bye tr