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The first metric Melbourne Cup was raced in November 1972. An early change was the metrication of horse racing. This was facilitated because the furlong (one-eighth of a mile) is close to 200 m. Therefore, the Melbourne Cup was changed from 2 mi to 3,200 m, a reduction of 19 m or about 0.6%. The first metric Melbourne Cup was raced in November ...
The line is single track for the entire route with the exception of a short dual-gauge section near Melbourne and a number of 1500–1600 metres (4900–5200 feet) passing loops every 15–45 kilometres (9.3–28.0 miles). Some branch lines were also converted to standard gauge.
Kalgoorlie to Perth and Fremantle (priority 3, built second) The Commonwealth, NSW and Victorian governments were first to start work, with the first freight train operating on the converted North East line to Melbourne operating in January 1962 and the first through passenger train in April 1962. Over the next 12 months, net freight tonnage ...
Melbourne–Adelaide rail corridor – 600 km (370 mi) of convertible sleepers installed in 1990 to facilitate quick conversion in 1995. [citation needed] 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 2004 Australia Northern Territory Completion of the final link in the Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor, from Alice Springs to Darwin.
In 1889, the direct Melbourne–Ballarat route was opened. [2] In the 1970s, most interstate lines in Australia began to be converted to standard gauge. By the 1990s, with Adelaide to Melbourne the only interstate link not converted, various proposals were made for gauge conversion. Two main options were put forward:
1917: First standard gauge line completed between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, requiring a break-of-gauge at Terowie, Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie to reach Perth; 1917: broad gauge from Mount Gambier to Heywood near Portland in Victoria; 1918: Branch from Balhannah on the Melbourne line to Mount Pleasant
The Public Transport Authority, a government agency of Western Australia, operates various buses and four long-distance rail routes through its Transwa subsidiary. All routes originate from Perth: The Prospector: (Perth-Kalgoorlie) 9 round trips per week; AvonLink: (Perth (Midland)–Northam) 1 round trip per day
Rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria is provided by a number of railway operators who operate over the government-owned railway lines. The network consists of 2,357 km of Victorian broad gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) lines, and 1,912 km of standard gauge (1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)) freight and interstate lines; the latter increasing with gauge conversion of the former.