Re: Reopening NSW branch lines

["Ben Staples" <98711576@feline.hawkesbury.uws.EDU.AU>]

John Cleverdon wrote in message <36EF129A.E4638A34@cdi.com.au>...

*SNIP*

>How viable would it be to reopen Queanbeyan-Cooma for ski traffic -
>passenger services as follows:
>Reopen, then upgrade the line. Then, buy additional Xplorers.
>These could be used on limited-stops services from Sydney to Cooma over
>winter (at least), where buses would then convey them to the skifields.
>How successful would such an idea be at moving the ski bunnies from road to
>rail?


I also wonder how viable it would be to extend the line to Jindabyne??

Ben Staples