Re: SLR

["Rod Gayford" <rjaygee@smartchat.net.au>]

>From what I have read it appears that the light rail was supposed to branch
off just past the end of the Lilyfield extension and wend its way up to the
road parallel to the railway just past Summer Hill station, thence over the
bridge where the Hume Highway crosses the rail lines at Ashfield. It then
ducked down the behind Ashfield High School ending up in the street at
Ashfield stations where trams previously terminated. There is a proposal for
a branch down to Norton Street Leichhardt.

Cheers

Rod Gayford
Chris Lehmann <chrisjl@iname.com> wrote in message
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> >Gail BENNETT <valleyfm@mpx.com.au> wrote in message
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> >> Thanks for this Rod...I was wondering when they would start work on the
> >> extension.
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> >> I have heard they may eventually extend into ashfield. how will they
get
> >> from the old metropolitan goods line into ashfield???
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> >> Gail
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> >I think the proposed terminus is Summer Hill.  The line could branch off
> >from the goods line before the main line overbridge and go up Grosvenor
St,
> >it's only a few hundred metres.
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> >Ray
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> The latest word on the extension was that it ultimately extend to
Ashfield.
> Certainly it would be along streets and will presumably end up at Ashfield
> Station but I don't think that any details were worked out - probably more
> a throwaway statement.  Ashfield Station has had a major upgrade having
> been identified as an Olympic access station so it is probably slated as a
> major interchange for road, rail and SLR (or Metro).
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> Chris Lehmann
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