Re: Rowville line, Knox Tram & Scoresby region (warning: gratuitous advertising)

["Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>]

David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> Vaughan Williams (ender2000@my-deja.com) wrote:
> > THe centrepiece of this package is the Rowville line to run either
> > underground from Glen Waverley or (more likely) from Huntingdale via
> > Monash University in the Wellington Rd median (yes, it is wide enough).
>
> That idea has been around for 40 years. Monash University was built on
> that site on the promise of a railway within 5 years of opening. :)
>
> The most recent proposal was the Hughesdale - FT Gully railway during the
> 1980 election campaign.
>
> Of course, these days there's no way it could run through to the Belgrave
> line. Can't have too much competition between Hillside and Bayside.
>
> Cheers
> David

But David,

What's this "No competition between Hillside and Bayside"???

Wasn't that the idea???

Doesn't Free Enterprise thrive on competition???

That's what the New Right has been feeding us for years, don't disillusion
me by telling me its not true!!!<g>

Bob.