Re: Re: P&MTT Remnant/OZ Kodachrome processing service
Bill Bolton
Sunday, September 1, 2002 12:18 AM
On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 23:31:44 -0000, Andrew wrote:
Why do you think they are "quirky"..... is just because they are
European?
There is no local low floor design and the operators involved are both
associated with different European vehicle builders with "off the
shelf" low floor designs. Anyway, the writing has been on the wall
for nearly 70 years as far as the sustainability of "single city" car
designs are concerned.
There is lot more general development work to be done in the Docklands
area. The trams will be extended to run through the area as
development starts to occur. Someone from Melbourne can tell you the
proposed timetable for that.
As far as funding goes....
http://www.docklands.com/
.... though as usual with private sector development the phase
"minimal cost to the taxpayers of.... " is open to fairly wide
interpretation!
Not too many passengers would ride the entire length of many of those
routes. Most have several traffic generation points along them and
"local" traffic between those points is justification enough for their
being built. Its been a very long time since Melbourne built any new
heavy suburban rail routes and given the current operating franchise
arrangements, its hard to see anything happening in that respect
anytime soon (if ever).
I'd like to know too!
Cheers,
Bill
Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia
------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-->
4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now
http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/MVfIAA/DiTxlB/TM
---------------------------------------------------------------------~->
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
why have these two quirky European types...
Why do you think they are "quirky"..... is just because they are
European?
... been bought when the B2s (some barely
nine years old) were supposed to have been Melbourne's
21st-century car? Purely for the low-floor?
There is no local low floor design and the operators involved are both
associated with different European vehicle builders with "off the
shelf" low floor designs. Anyway, the writing has been on the wall
for nearly 70 years as far as the sustainability of "single city" car
designs are concerned.
a. west of downtown and why do the 70s only go just a little way on
the Flinders extn, and the ? (forgotten)line only to the end of the
new Bourke Street bridge by the new Stadium? Where and when are the
cars going to go on the new Bridge west of Collins and where has all
the money come from for this massive investment in infrastructure?
There is lot more general development work to be done in the Docklands
area. The trams will be extended to run through the area as
development starts to occur. Someone from Melbourne can tell you the
proposed timetable for that.
As far as funding goes....
http://www.docklands.com/
.... though as usual with private sector development the phase
"minimal cost to the taxpayers of.... " is open to fairly wide
interpretation!
b. In the eastern suburbs and on the Burwood line? Surely these light
rail lines are now getting so long that passengers at their outer ends
would be better served by quicker suburban trains?
Not too many passengers would ride the entire length of many of those
routes. Most have several traffic generation points along them and
"local" traffic between those points is justification enough for their
being built. Its been a very long time since Melbourne built any new
heavy suburban rail routes and given the current operating franchise
arrangements, its hard to see anything happening in that respect
anytime soon (if ever).
What's happening with the TMSV and at Haddon? There are rumors, which
are always unhelpful, but no hard information.
I'd like to know too!
Cheers,
Bill
Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia
------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-->
4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now
http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/MVfIAA/DiTxlB/TM
---------------------------------------------------------------------~->
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/