Re: Level Crossing Stupidity

["Ronald BESDANSKY" <ronbest@bigpond.com>]

Chris Stratton <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au> wrote in message
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> Simon Webb <simon_webb@elec.uow.edu.au> wrote in message
> 3814E785.654E724B@elec.uow.edu.au">news:3814E785.654E724B@elec.uow.edu.au...
> > One thing that I found almost unbelievable on my first trip to Melbourne
> was the
> > number of level crossings on suburban streets, the Bell St one being
very
> > prominent.  There are a few in the back streets here at Wollongong, but
> any busy
> > road which hitherto would have had a level crossing has long since had
an
> > overpass constructed or has been bypassed.  As for Bell st, a level
> crossing on
> > a multi-lane suburban road, that would be just unheard of up here.
> >
> > Simon
> >
> What about the Princes Highway level crossing between Unanderra and Kembla
> Grange? There are also the Dunmore and Bombo quarries which have level
> crossings over the Princes Highway. Bong Bong Road at Dapto is very busy
and
> still has a level crossing.
> --
 And Parramatta Road (Carlingford line)! Major road, minor railway.
BTW, (trivia mode on), what are the nearest road level crossings to Sydney
on the four main lines. MY guess:

West: Faulconbridge
North: Somewhere around Maitland
South: Douglas Park
Illawarra: Unanderra

Rgds

Ron BESDANSKY