The concept of Upfield Light Rail predates Kennett by 4 years as it was mentioned in the MetPlan draft of 1988 but no doubt if it was expected to save money Kennett would have been all for it.

Luckily, due to heavy patronage now on the rail line, the change never happened.

Having recently done the Mernda rail line reopening video, it was interesting to read that Light Rail to South Morang was the MetPlan intention.

Regards,

On 18 May 2019, at 7:12 pm, Ronald Besdansky shrdlu.junction@...> wrote:

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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