Edited 16 Oct 2019 13:22, 7 months ago, edited by justarider

@mejhammers1 you seem so certain of the $15B BS put out by the AirRail, that you have stopped listening to the Minister that actually has something to say (or not).

@Carnot it's not "all change", just hosing down the over the top expense of an exclusive use track for relatively low volume traffic..

What is becomming abundantly clear in the Govt attitude, even before the business case, is a "Thanks but no thanks" reply to AirRail.
It's  way too expensive and clearly just another profit boost for their shopping centres aka Airport and SCS.
The only ones talking it up are the Feds, and Dan the man has been been pretty clear in his stance that it's Victoria calling the shots.

I predict we will end up with what the Govt has been hinting at all along.

• An upgrade to highish speed from Airport to Sunshine, with underground interchanging platforms, but mostly surface track.
• That will put the bill at around the $5B Fed Govt "promise"
• MARL train will share MM1 with the Sunbury line, as it was always intended. Get over it Sunbury, 30 tph on its own is a stupid wet dream.
• Then the Govt can spend their own $5B on the extra spark tracks required for Melton and Wyndham Vale to SCS (or whatever) , which they have been most definite is their main priority. The underground MARL spark platforms for Sunshine is what makes it finally work.
• Potential extension to Seymour and Sydney is just a red herring thrown in by AirRail - it is NOT part of their propsal.. The SRL interchange at Broadmeadows is the Govt plan.

John

Edited 16 Oct 2019 13:17, 7 months ago, edited by justarider

@mejhammers1 you seem so certain of the $15B BS put out by the AirRail, that you have stopped listening to the Minister that actually has something to say (or not).

@Carnot it's not "all change", just hosing down the over the top expense of an exclusive use track for relatively low volume traffic..

What is becomming abundantly clear in the Govt attitude, even before the business case, is a "Thanks but no thanks" reply to AirRail.
It's  way too expensive and clearly just another profit boost for their shopping centres aka Airport and SCS.
The only ones taking it up are the Feds, and Dan the man has been been pretty clear in his stance that it's Victoria calling the shots.

I predict we will end up with what the Govt has been hinting at all along.

• An upgrade to highish speed from Airport to Sunshine, with underground interchanging platforms, but mostly surface track.
• That will put the bill at around the $5B Fed Govt "promise"
• MARL train will share MM1 with the Sunbury line, as it was always intended. Get over it Sunbury, 30 tph on its own is a stupid wet dream.
• Then the Govt can spend their own $5B on the extra spark tracks required for Melton and Wyndham Vale to SCS (or whatever) , which they have been most definite is their main priority. The underground MARL spark platforms for Sunshine is what makes it finally work.
• Potential extension to Seymour and Sydney is just a red herring thrown in by AirRail - it is NOT part of their propsal.. The SRL interchange at Broadmeadows is the Govt plan.

John