Re: Left vs Right hand side driving (Was Australian trolleybuses??? )

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

Krel wrote:


> >This leads to a question - what happens at international borders where the rules
> >change from one side to the other?  Is there a flyover?  Maybe traffic lights
> >control a 'Change sides now' intersection?
> >
> In Africa this seems to be solved by a short strech of one lane road
> between border posts.
> 
> In Italy in the 1920's they drove on the right in large towns and
> cities and on the left in small towns and rural areas!!!
> 

What can I say?

> BTW who remembers when Sweden changed sides? (Gee, I am old).
> 

I think it was 1963(?)  Fascinating to read about how it was done too.

> Not sure what all the above has to do with Aus or Rail.
> 

Nothing

> Getting back on track - how many countries organise plain double
> railway line (ie non-bidirectional)  on different sides. I can think
> of two - USA (C&NW); and France (Alsace-Lorraine), any others?
> Cheers
> 

Austria - I recall at least the Vienna-Linz line is left hand running.