Re: Sydney Light Rail

["Samuel Eades" <seades@bigpond.net.au>]

Barry Campbell <campblbm@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Samuel Eades wrote in message ...
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> >If a tramway started using the same lines as a railway, then that portion
> >(IMHO) would have to become a railway as well (the difference between a
> >tramway and a railway being that a tramway does not use any safeworking
> >systems.
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> <snip>
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> Is that so? I suppose the state government could always change the
> definition (if that is the definition in the first place). The distinction
> is a matter of statute law. Are there any lawyers lurking in this ng?

That's the definition I have always known...

The government could change the definition, but then it may compromise the
safety of passengers. workers and vehicles.

Sam