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Re: Melbourne Double deckers

Subject: Re: Melbourne Double deckers
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 05:51:05 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Another Optus Customer
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David Guymer (davidmg@optusnet.com.au) wrote:

> Melboune is very unlikely to get DD trains as it was against Government
> policy. That is why not.
> Increased frequency poses problems too. Where are they getting the extra
> trains and drivers from?
> 90 sec headways are dreamland stuff in Melbourne. The closest headways were
> between Blackburn and Ringwood which could handle 17 trains per hour each
> way after the signalling was upgraded in the early (?) '80s.

Did you note the new goverment's policy to build a third track out that
way?

Cheers
David

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