 [Vic.] $43m to upgrade rail freight lines
C. Dewick wrote:
>
> I doubt that would happen without federal government funding but if the Vic
> state government has taken back control of the lines in question, it
> certainly makes a viable case to have gauge-standardisation applied.
>
> There'd be plenty of opposition to it, especially since all the suburban
> trains, etc. in Vic are broad gauge, and it would be a huge expense, but
> probably a good move in the longer term to give much more inter-operability
> with the rest of the Australian rail network.
>
There are better things to spend money on than gauge conversion of the
suburban network. Most are self contained these days, so what would be
the long term gain? Double deckers from Sydney for instance would
require other loading gauge modifications to be usable.
Kevin Martin |