So they’re gonna build hybrid trains for a line that isn’t electrified yet.
No talk of electrification, just the money for trains. So i’m guessing either a kickback or the money will be absorbed after a period of not being used
Liberals promise new hybrid trains for Melbourne's west
Submitted 4 days ago by Arlesh@lemmy.world to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Taleya@aussie.zone 4 days ago
DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Will any prison labour be used to make them?
No1@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Wow! That’s a hell of a turnaround!
Oh, trains, not trans. My bad.
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 4 days ago
If elected in November, the Coalition is promising $1.7 billion for 25 new hybrid diesel-electric trains on the Melton and Wyndham Vale lines.
A … good… policy…? from the liberals? am I dreaming?
pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 days ago
it’s a shit policy that sounds good on the surface (like most liberal policies)
apparently:
- despite what the libs say they likely won’t be able to run through the loop because it’s not about diesel fumes; it’s about having large volumes of fuel in the tunnels
- the issue with increased capacity is there is already track congestion
- the works currently being done on station and track upgrades are all required for hybrid or electrification capacity, so when those upgrades are done why wouldn’t you just electrify instead of wasting money on a half way solution that’ll need to be chucked out in a few years when it’s eventually electrified anyway
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 3 days ago
The Vlines becoming all electric? Really? Don’t they go quite far out rural?
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 days ago
It’s the Liberals, so I assume the hybrid bit is diesel/coal.
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Nuclear/whale oil, actually.
pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 days ago
and there’ll be a refinery built in the middle of the 12 apostles… owned by an american multinational