EPISODE 27 LIGHT AND EASY

Radically Rethinking Railways in Australia.

A series of episodes about wrong thinking in Australian railways, and what can be done.

In earlier episodes we looked at the equity of providing rail services to those outside the large cities and outside the clerical class. 15 of our top 20 cities are not the mainland state capitals with their extensive suburban networks.

And we know that how you name a type of railway doesn't matter, though these names are abused by politicians. The street railway, these days often Light Rail, could be the railway we need for those smaller cities, particularly those like Canberra and Gold Coast with poor or absent heavy rail in the era when these cities got going.

And even smaller cities, like Bendigo or Bunbury, may have had a more active rail presence in the past, and lost it, but we should be looking at the possibility of filling those gaps in our heavy rail networks more economically. And despite what you might think about Australian governments, they have in fact been doing exactly that.

Reports on Gold Coast and Bunbury/Mandurah/Rockingham

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Reports on Bendigo

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See also the undertheclocksblog.wordpress.com - now moving to radicallyrethinkingrailways.blogspot.com

Previous Episodes with links

1. Luckiest Line    • EPISODE 1 THE LUCKIEST LINE (RELOADED)  
2. Why Are We Here?    • EPISODE 2 WHY ARE WE HERE  
3. The Accidental Death of a Railway    • EPISODE 3 ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A RAILWAY  
4. Muddling Through    • EPISODE 4 MUDDLING THROUGH  
5. Australians Are You Dense?    • EPISODE 5 AUSTRALIANS ARE YOU DENSE?  
6. What's In A Name?    • EPISODE 6: WHAT'S IN A NAME?  
7. Where the Wildflowers Grow?    • Episode 7 WHERE THE WILDFLOWERS GROW  
8. Who Blamed Roger Rabbit?    • EPISODE 8 WHO BLAMED ROGER RABBIT?  
9. Electric Dreams    • EPISODE 9 ELECTRIC DREAMS  
10. Money Money Money    • EPISODE 10 MONEY MONEY MONEY  
11. It's High Time    • EPISODE 11: IT'S HIGH TIME  
12. Back On Track    • EPISODE 12 BACK ON TRACK  
13. Those Were The Days My Friends    • EPISODE 13 (RELOADED TO FIX SOUND) THOSE  ...  
14. Our Finest Hour    • EPISODE 14 OUR FINEST HOUR  
15. Treasure Island    • EPISODE 15 TREASURE ISLAND  
16. With Friends Like These    • EPISODE 16 WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE  
17. Short Memory    • EPISODE 17 SHORT MEMORY  
18. Trillion is the new Billion    • EPISODE 18 TRILLION IS THE NEW BILLION  
19. Dr Beeching I Presume    • EPISODE 19 DR BEECHING I PRESUME  
20. Twin Peaks    • EPISODE 20 TWIN PEAKS  
21. Self-Motivating    • EPISODE 21 SELF-MOTIVATING  
22. Private Property    • EPISODE 22 PRIVATE PROPERTY  
23. Off the Gauge    • EPISODE 23 OFF THE GAUGE  
24. Sugar Sugar    • EPISODE 24 SUGAR SUGAR  
25. When the War is Over    • EPISODE 25 WHEN THE WAR IS OVER  
26. Turning Japanese    • EPISODE 26 TURNING JAPANESE