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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: Deeg <galtfd@att.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 06:32:47 GMT
- Newsgroups: misc.transport.urban-transit,alt.planning.urban,aus.rail
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2000 10:36:53 +1000, "Ken Neate" <kenneate@tig.com.au>
wrote:
>After the broad gauge went in from Adelaide to Pt Pirie and the std from Pt
>Augusta to Pt Pirie (what year?), I had assumed that the "Trans" was
>extended to Pt Pirie and the broad gauge "East West Express" began
>operations to meet the "Trans" there. I would be most interested to learn
>details of a standard gauge connecting train between the two "Ports".
Not sure about the broad gauge, but the standard gauge was extended to
Port Pirie in 1936, according to Basil Fuller's "The Ghan."
Don Galt