Re: Light Rail Definition
David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au)
30 Apr 1998 06:34:07 GMT
Neill (n2386160@sparrow.qut.edu.au) wrote:
>Exactly why Silverton was called a tramway, the shire tramways in
>Queensland and cane tramways were in reality regional railways were forced
>to use the word tramway for legal reasons.
They weren't forced to, merely chose to for economic reasons. A "tramway"
isn't responsible for anything beyond the width of the sleepers. A
"railway" is responsible for maintaining a certain amount of land (I think
it was 10 feet) beyond the ends of the sleepers.
Cheers
David