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Re: Suburban densities and rail service (was Re: Putting light rail in subway)
- Subject: Re: Suburban densities and rail service (was Re: Putting light rail in subway)
- From: Andrew Price <aprice@mail.dotcom.fr>
- Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 01:36:14 +0200
- Newsgroups: misc.transport.urban-transit,alt.planning.urban,aus.rail
- Organization: SWW
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- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:6728
On Sat, 22 Apr 2000 11:20:53 +1200, David McLoughlin
<davemclAXETHIS@iprolink.co.nz> wrote:
>* Someone will correct me if I am wrong, but Queensland (thus Brisbane)
>trains have 3'6" gauge, New South Wales (thus Sydney) uses 4' 8 1/2",
>Victoria (thus Melbourne) 5'2", Western Australia (thus Perth) 3'6" and
>New Zealand (a separate country by the way three hours by air east of
>Sydney over the Tasman Sea) uses 3'6".
Almost - Victoria and South Australia used Irish Gauge, which is 5'3".