Re: New rail freight corridor through Sydney

["Graeme" <gvrail@thatsent.com.au>]

The radio interview with Minister Anderson said the 125 mill is 50% of the
total cost.  That sounds very reasonable know let's hope the guys get it
right and design and operate the thing to maximise it's potential!!!

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C. Dewick <craigd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote in message
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> In <_MvU3.39$pm3.585125@news0.optus.net.au> dbromage@fang.omni.com.au
(David Bromage) writes:
>
> >The Federal Government has announced an initiative to build a freight
rail
> >route through Sydney. Transport Minister John Anderson says the federal
> >and New South Wales State governments have already begun working on the
> >project, although the route has yet to be decided. The Commonwealth will
> >contribute $125 million to the project.
>
> This sounds like a re-hash of the original One Nation freight route which
> was started (and the Ingleburn - Glenfield section actually built) but
never
> came to any positive fruition.
>
> However it is definitely needed, since the sudden requirement to re-design
> Flemington 'back' junction here in Sydney has shown how important a
> dedicated freight corridor can be.
>
> Passenger trains might carry the people, but freight is the real
> profit-earner.
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig.
>
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