Re: Long platforms

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Rod <comtran@mpx.com.au> wrote in message
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> David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Roderick Smith wrote:
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> > > Two posters have conflicted on the length of Albury: 457 m & 500 m; VR
> > > listed it as 456 m.
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> > Perhaps Broad and standard guage lengths?
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> No David, the SG platform was about 250 meters longer than the BG, nearly
> the length of a 7 car XPT

No way, the only difference in length is the length of the station building,
and it is not 250 metres. I think DaveJ is probably spot on.

DaveP