Re: 80th anniversary of suburban electrification

[David Langley <del@ancc.com.au>]

John Dennis wrote:

> On 24 May 1999 08:28:36 GMT, "Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>
> wrote:
>
> >On Sat.29.5 Melbourne (Victoria, Australia) is celebrating the 80th
> >anniversary of the introduction of suburban electric services.
>
> Not according to all of us.  David Bromage insists that the tram from
> St Kilda to Brighton was a railway,

Please refer to it as an Electric Street Railway, its correct title.

> and hence electric railways in the
> suburbs existed way before 1919.   :-)
>
> Cheers...JD
>
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