Re: Melton - Bacchus Marsh close revisited.

[cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au (Christopher_Martin GORDON)]

Look at http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord/trains/current.html for the
safeworking betwen Melton-Ballarat during the upgrads.


: >I have heard say that the Ballarat passengers are having to bus from
: >Melton because the people who have the major use of the North Geelong to
: >Ballarat line say that "it is a freight only line and you can bugger off
: >with your passenger trains" - or words to that effect.

: >Words like "mean spirited" and "a crazy way to co-exist" come to mind if
: >this is true. Does anyone know any more?

: >David Langley.

: Hardly surprising really , when one looks at historically the degree of rail 
: cooperation between differing rail bodies (none) , and the current degree of 
: cooperation between the existing private & Govt operators ( also none ) , that 
: what other outcome would you expect.
: If I were FV ,I would be trying as hard as possible to get as many other rail 
: companies using my tracks as I could , after all Track Access fees are really 
: money for jam.

: MD


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Chris Gordon
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