Looks good to me. Still has trams in Sydney Rd. Was it the first proposal
for low-floor trams in Melbourne? LF was in its infancy, I think -
Manchester looked at it but decided against it - perhaps also to avoid
modifying the railway platforms.

On Sat., 18 May 2019, 17:25 Mal Rowe, mal.rowe@...> wrote:

> On 05/05/2019 16:22, Mal Rowe wrote:

> > The driver for the Upfield line was a desire by the Kennett

> > government to prioritise motor traffic in Sydney Rd - and avoiding

> > the potential cost of level crossing removals on the Upfield railway.

> > There are no grade separated crossings between just north of

> > Flemington Bridge and Boundary Rd, just south of Fawkner station!

> >

> Last Thursday night at the TDU gathering in Melbourne, John Gilmour

> kindly gave me a copy of the Kennett era pamphlet promoting the

> conversion of the Upfield railway to light rail.

>

> It is attached (Thanks John).

>

> Mal Rowe - always amazed at what shows up.

>

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