Sydney plans to dismantle rail infrastructure built just 6 years ago (part 1).
Contents:
(1) Epping – Chatswood tunnel conversion works proposed
(2) Removal of tracks at Epping and Chatswood
(3) Operational flexibility reduced
(4) Removal of signalling
What can the world learn from Sydney’s future “Infrastructure Hub” established by G20 leaders in Brisbane in November 2014 and promoted in big hype by Australia’s Prime Minister Abbott who wants to become known as “Infrastructure Prime Minister”? Well, read this bizarre story:
How to disable and remove existing rail infrastructure
In year 10 of peaking oil production outside the US and Canada and while dropping oil prices indicate that the so-called US shale revolution is too expensive for the world economy, the NSW government has embarked on a risky, expensive rail project, the 23 km long North-West Rail Link (NWRL), including a 15.5 km long tunnel. In principle, rail is one of the solutions to the problem of peak oil, but not in the way it is done here.
