Transport and energy are both highly important and the REZ and its associated transmission lines can assist with both.
Restoring the rail lines from Wallangarra to Armidale and the existing corridor from Armidale to Newcastle could allow the operation of conventional electric trains.
Electric trains require overhead power lines above the corridor.
Why can the rail corridor not be the same route as the transmission lines thus allowing the power for the trains and for all the electricity consumers along the rail corridor including the major cities of Newcastle, Maitland, Tamworth and Armidale.
The rail corridor could also support solar panels along the corridor on each side and within the tracks as per worldwide trends.
Could the infrastructure above the rail corridor support the catenary for the trains and the transmission lines?
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