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Re: rail gauges
- To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
- Subject: Re: rail gauges
- From: dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)
- Date: 29 May 1998 04:14:45 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: University of New England, NSW, Australia
- References: <6kigpe$amb$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <356d4245.0@tpg.com.au>
Jeff Schmidt (jschmidt@tpgi.com.au) wrote:
>
>mpointon@cobweb.com.au wrote in message <6kigpe$amb$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>>My sons friend is doing a school project and needs some information. Can
>>anyone tell me the current track distances (Kilometers) of the three rail
>>gauges in Australia.
>
>Broad Gauge (1600mm) 4353 km.
>Standard Gauge (1435mm) 15772 km.
>Narrow Gauge (1067mm) 18569 km.
>(610mm) 4150 km.
>Dual Gauge 267 km.
You have to differentiate between broad/standard dual gauge in Victoria
and SA and standard/narrow dual gauge in Qld and WA.
Cheers
David