 New Hornsby Platform
David Johnson wrote:
> Paul P wrote:
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>> Now how about the same deal at Craigieburn which is becomming a huge
>> bottleneck and delaying both through down services and starting up
>> sparks which have to be refuged.
>
> I believe that Craigieburn is to get electrified on the up platform soon.
In the May budget, the Victorian government allocated funds to create a
third platform at Craigieburn which will allow suburban trains to
terminate there without blocking the main line.
Space for the third platform was left when the recent electrification
extension project was done. The fact that the platform wasn't actually
provided at that stage is an example of the ridiculous lack of vision in
recent rail projects.
Another example is the just-completed re-sleepering with concrete
sleepers of the Corio - Geelong section of the Geelong line. This could
have been more easily and cheaply done as part of the Regional Fast
Rail project, when the whole line was closed for six weeks in early 2004.
Paul Westcott
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