Talk:Western standard gauge railway line

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Very poorly worded statement[edit]

"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)[reply]

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)[reply]