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Not visible in the map, but interesting to note, is that in France the trains normally drive on the left, except in Alsace where they drive on the right as a legacy of the time the province belonged to Germany.

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[-] Ledivin@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Train noob here, what does the "20% of multi-track operation" line mean?

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Multi-track meaning two “lanes” of track laid side by side to allow for bi-directional operation.

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

soooo does the difference between x-handed and x-handed 20% multi-track mean that the x-handed colouring has >80% single lane tracks?

i live in australia (left-handed), and… that seems… implausible

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

That seems to be the insinuation.

Based on what I know, lengths of track with a single line of rail typically have periodic sections with sidetracks to allow trains to “pull over” and let an oncoming (usually the faster) train pass them before returning to the main track.

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

Hmmm I mean I guess we’re a very big country for our population so maybe the mining and interstate rail overwhelm the metro and Sydney-Melbourne networks… I’m just surprised it’s by more than 80%

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

If you go by length instead of ridership it seems extremely plausible. Australia is a big place and building 2 lanes for mostly freight trains is an unnecessary expense.

Sidings/loops/passing tracks, allow trains to pass on a single track, and since things can be more regular scheduled (ideally anyway) with trains, they can work well enough and with much less track building needed.

[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago

An affordance to allow this maneuver:

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