Nothing to do with 'Socialist Dogma'. In fact if anyone was going to build
an airport link, it would be a Labor Government.
Airport link restrictions land squarely at the feet of our conservative
friend Jeff Kennett who locked us into a contract with the Transurban
consortium with a penalty clause that restricts any form of competition to
their Tollways until 2024.

It's the same reason the Dandenong line won't get tripled or quadrupled,
despite the Billions they're currently spending down there, and that the
cross city tunnel won't be fully commissioned until 2026, which also
restricts the new 'high capacity' trains to fitting on standard platforms
through Flinders Street until then.

On Sunday, December 18, 2016, Graham Hocking pf4366@...> wrote:

> Big report today in the Sunday Herald Sun concerning a superannuation

> investment company wanting to extend the platforms at Southern Cross

> (Spencer Street) to accommodate longer trains for the expected heavy

> increase in pax numbers for airport express rail services.

>

> Before you all fall about laughing, and the 'dream team' start sending in

> their posts concerning the length, type, width, maker, horse power, speed

> etc., - and above all seating capacity and especially the number of and

> siting of doors for our design specialist, shall we all remember that today

> is December 18th, not April 1st? (That's all fools day for the slow on the

> uptake.

>

> Merry Christmas, and please whatever you do, don't hold your breath and

> stand around too long waiting for the airport express tram or trains - 'cos

> it ain't going to happen is it? It is just not in Daniel's Socialist dogma

> bible, and very probably never will be.

>

> G.

>

> 'They' were talking (dreaming?) about an airport fast rail link when i

> graced Australia with my presence in 1973! Forty three years of political

> yapping,, - achievement absolutely zero -as usual.

>

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