Re: Time Wasting Puzzle - Longest Standard Gauge Trip

[Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au>]

I'll have a go -

This assumes that Sydney Central surface and Underground are the same place.  It
also assumes the Sydney airport line is open.

Gladstone - Goobang Junction - Narromine - Dubbo - Merrygoen - Binnaway - Gap -
Werris Creek South - Muswellbrook - Gulgong - Wallerawang - Granville -
Cabramatta - Regents Park South - Sydenham - Redfern - Darling Harbour - Enfield
- Regents Park North - Lidcombe - Strathfield - Hornsby - Wynyard - St James -
Central - Airport - Wolli Creek Junction - Wollongong - Unanderra - Moss Vale -
Demondrille - Blayney - Orange - Parkes - Stockinbingal - Griffith - Narrandera
- Junee - Tottenham - North Geelong - Adelaide - Crystal Brook - Kwinana.

Interestingly this route doesn't take me near Newcastle, but because there are
only three routes into Sydney, one must miss out.

My knowledge of the Sydney goods lines is limited so I might have missed
something there.  Maybe there's also something smart someone could do to take
short loops around obscure sidings along the way or maybe the Broken Hill tram
network or something like that.


Bill McNiven wrote:
> 
> OK, only bother reading this if you bothered to read the "Longest Broad
> Gauge Trip" thread.  (One which I enjoyed a lot! – thanks to Chris
> Brownbill.)
> 
> Assuming that every standard gauge (1435mm) line that has ever existed is
> currently open
> and available for traffic, what is the longest possible route you can take
> without ever visiting the same
> place twice or retracing your route?
> 
> I think it starts at Gladstone (S.A.) and ends at Kwinana (W.A.).  The
> precise route depends on whether Sydney Central (surface) and Sydney Central
> (underground) are considered to be the same place.  My understanding of
> Western Victorian SG lines is minimal so there may be some clever routes
> there.
> 
> Rgds
> 
> Bill