sentences:  He said that the proposed rail line in the middle of the freeway would be an eyesore, and claimed that skytrain systems installed in Vancouver, Toronto, and Boston had been quite successful.State Cabinet gave in-principle support for the construction of a railway and the enabling legislation passed parliament and was assented to on 15 January 1989.The first spike for the line was driven on 14 November 1989, by then Premier Peter Dowding.