Talk:Western standard gauge railway line

Very poorly worded statement
"In the 1970s most interstate lines in Australia began to be converted to standard gauge."

The above statement is way off the mark. COnsider the actual facts. The WA-SA line was opened as standard gauge in 1917. The NSW-Brisbane line was built as standard gauge in the 1940's.   The Albury-Melboune line was rebuilt as standard gauge in the mid 1960's.    The Broken Hill-Port Pirie line was rebuilt as standard gauge in 1968-1970.

After that, no interstate lines were changed for almost another 20 years, when the Melbourne-Adelaide line was converted. There were no conversion activities either "beginning" or "in progress" during the 1970's, except for the completion ( not beginning ) of the Indian Pacific route in 1970. Eregli bob (talk) 03:46, 1 July 2008 (UTC)


 * There was the Tarcoola - Alice Springs in 1980s or thereabouts. Anyway, an earlier revision had the following text instead:


 * Despite the common use of broad gauge on the line, the rest of Australia had adopted standard gauge as a common link.


 * Any other ideas for a better wording? Wongm (talk) 03:56, 1 July 2008 (UTC)