Re: Second rate Alice - Darwin line?

[The Net Flyer <thenetflyerNOthSPAM@hotmail.com.invalid>]

In article <ipgU3.11695$we.19106@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>, "Stephen
Devenish" <JohnnyR@bigpond.com> wrote:
> I don't know whats happening with the other proposal to run the
> line via the
> inland eastern seaboard to Darwin via VIC, NSW , QLD & NT, but if
> this got
> off the ground it could make the Darwin to Alice line redundant?
When the line ASP-DRW is completed, I think (even as a nonaussie) that
Mt ISA-DRW is the missing link. ISA has much mines op copper, zinc,
etc. and there is a need for transportation to the Top End, So why are
there no plans for another railway to ISA ?

rick



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