Re: Melbourne News or rumours?

["John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com>]

There was also something about a new light rail line around docklands using
French style rubber tyred vehicles with a smaller profile than existing
light rail.


Cheers
John Wayman
David Bromage wrote in message <3thI2.16$9p5.327264@news0.optus.net.au>...
>Chris Brownbill (cbrnbill@enternet.com.au) wrote:
>> I only read the "Herald-Sun" over the shoulders of everyone else on the
>> train on the way to and from work, so I dont have all the details, but
>> yesterday's headline was about a major redevelopment of Flinders Street
>> station with a half-page (front-page) artists impression which shows
>> amongst other things the tracks at the West end of the station covered
>> over with another roof linke Fed Square.
>
>It also looked like the new viaduct would carry the light rail above the
>heavy rail.
>
>>  Also in the article was something about a 'fast link to the Airport'.
>
>For that to be viable it would have to be at the heavy end of light rail.
>A subsdiary of Siemens is part of the consortium, so any guesses what sort
>of light rail vehicles might be involved?
>
>Cheers
>David