Re: Keswick or Adelaide Station?

David Johnson (trainman@ozemail.com.au)
Sun, 16 Nov 1997 23:01:32 +1100

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Maurie Daly wrote:

> As a matter of interest is the XPT allowed to run at 160km/h in Victoria on
> the sections of the Melb / Albury line which are 60kg/m.

No, I think it is allowed around 130 km/h. This is due to braking distances for signals,
level crossing timing, and crappy trackwork.

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David Johnson
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