Re: Sydney Light Rail

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Samuel Eades" <seades@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> 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.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > 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...
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> The government could change the definition, but then it may compromise the
> safety of passengers. workers and vehicles.

Why?

Dave