On 12/01/18 17:57, Tony Gallowayarg@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:
>

> In the caption under the video the critical words are “the line had

> not been officially closed”. I reckon the RTA (now RMS) would have got

> much legal advice on their obligation to reopen this crossing, looking

> for a way to weasel out of doing it, but as it was an “unclosed”

> railway they had no choice in the matter. If the current government’s

> mad plans for a tollroad through the area proceed I’m sure the RMS

> could contrive some “insurmountable technical difficulties” standing

> in the way of keeping the National Park line open.

>


It's still a designated rail corridor although I think it's been
transferred away from the residual railcorp organisation - but as the
government found with Newcastle, it doesn't matter who 'owns' the
corridor, the rules apply.

So unless the government pushes though closure legislation for the line,
the RMS is still obliged to preserve the rail corridor. The local member
is quite keen about the museum, but I suspect he'd vote along party
lines if it ever came to that.