On Sat, 18 May 2019 at 17:24, 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.

>


Very interesting, however it says light rail would be coming in 1991 - that
makes it pre-Kennett - he became Premier in October 1992.

Daniel