Darwin line

The Darwin line has not yet completed a year of operation.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=5304

Is it going to attract enough traffic to justify the building cost? Freight rates are going to rise, and one user has already said they might switch back to Road freight.

I think this is a very long term investment .
Until the international container traffic gets up and running , theres not going to be much frieght on it .

a group of Nz rail fans have just been over to ride the Ghan to Darwin , i have not heard how that went yet .