When I was at east Preston depot late 1980's they're was talk about trams
going to south morang it only took 30years to happen although heavy rail

On Sat, 18 May 2019, 7:31 pm 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder < tramsdownunder@... wrote:

> 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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