Wodonga By Pass

Started by smitho, March 16, 2010, 12:39:50 PM

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From yestersday's 'Border Mail':-
A NEW milestone in the progress
of the Wodonga rail bypass was
marked yesterday with the first
train travelling the $181million
project's freshly-laid tracks.
A freight train carrying about
3000 concrete sleepers for the new
railway used the first section of the
bypass, which had been laid on the
weekend.
The occasion was not without a
minor hiccup - the train ran late.
It had been due to arrive from
Wagga between 6.30am and 7am.
But the rail workers and media
representatives gathered on
what will become the platform of
the new railway station in West
Wodonga waited until just after
7.20am to see the Pacific National
train round the bend south of th