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Re: VR trams (was Batman Avenue Trams Finished!)
- Subject: Re: VR trams (was Batman Avenue Trams Finished!)
- From: "Ron BEST" <ronbest@bigpond.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:26:12 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com)
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David Langley <del@ancc.com.au> wrote in message
3753A46B.1FCECC44@ancc.com.au">news:3753A46B.1FCECC44@ancc.com.au...
> Snip
> > Didn't Swanston Street have some sort of platforms at some time? Hence
> > the reason that the VR trams couldn't run down Swanston Street (they
were
> > too wide)
>
The VR cars were not used in the city because their doors are narrower than
on Ws. I think the only "platform" in Swanston St at the time was at the
outward loading point for cars starting from Victoria St alongside the
signal box.
--
Rgds
Ron BESDANSKY (formerly Ron BEST)