hrs@homxb.UUCP (H.SILBIGER) (01/21/86)
As Alan Percus points out, trains in France keep to the left. This is also true in Switzerland and Italy! However, rapid transit systems generally keep to the reight, even on their own right-of-way. The explanation I heard was that the rail systems in these countries were originally started by the British. Does anyone know whether trains in Sweden keep left. Road traffic used to, but changed over in the early 50's. Herman Silbiger ihnp4!homxb!hrs
s264@sol1.UUCP (s264) (01/24/86)
In article <1153@homxb.UUCP> hrs@homxb.UUCP (H.SILBIGER) writes: >Does anyone know whether trains in Sweden keep left. Road traffic used to, but changed over in the early 50's. My experience with Swedish railways is a bit dated (13 years!), but my impression was that they keep to the side that the computer tells them to. It's quite an experience to be standing in the rear coach watching the countryside recede at about 90 mph, then see the train take a high speed turnout to the other track, and pass a moving freight going the other direction a few scant seconds later. Memory may be failing me, but my impression was that they normally kept left. BTW, what systems in the US keep left, and what right? Which side is the more common? (You can tell I'm a casual railfan... :-)