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Privatisation to secure Adelaide tram upgrade:
Expressions of interest have been invited for the franchise to operate
and upgrade Adelaide's Glenelg tramway. The 11-km, mostly segregated,
tramway links Adelaide's Victoria Sq with the seaside town of Glenelg
and is operated by some 20 1929-built H class trams, carrying about 2
million passengers/year. The Government is in the processing of
rehabilitating five H trams to form a heritage fleet, and now wants the
private sector to take on the modernisation of the line's infrastructure
and the supply of eight or nine new air-conditioned low-floor
articulated trams to provide the basic service under the franchise. The
Government believes that a private sector partner would be in a strong
position to develop a case for extension of the line from Victoria Sq
through the city centre. Expressions of interest have to be lodged by
mid-February.
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11 January 2002
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