Re: Tasrail: last train on NE line
Greg Rudd (greg@janus.law.usyd.au)
Sat, 31 May 1997 19:41:07 +1100
Eddie Oliver wrote:
>
> Greg Rudd <greg@janus.law.usyd.edu.au> wrote:
>
> >
> >I know that in NSW most branch lines have been closed a line by
> >suspending services indefinately. In this case the all right of way and
> >track still remains in place, but there is no obligation to maintain the
> >track after services have been suspended. To close a line in NSW
> >requires an act of Parliment. To my knowledge only three lines have
> >been closed in this fashion ie The Rock to Westbury
>
> Westby
>
> >, Campbelltown to
> >Camden, and Glenreagh to Dorrigo.
>
> There were more in bygone days. Consider cases such as Mount Hope,
> Kurrajong, Morpeth ... and even Taralga.
>
> If they're only "services suspended", please show us the
> tracks still in place!
>
> The "services suspended" trick only arose in relatively recent times.
>
> Eddie Oliver
I think you will find that these lines were classed as tramways. The
practice of suspending services indefinately started in the seventies.
--
Greg Rudd