Manly 1960s diagram and description at Railpage from someone who was attached there briefly in the mid 60's. [Not me]
http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p1616025.htm#1616025
http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p1616025.htm#1616025
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At the end of this week I am comeing over to Queensland for a FIRST EVER overseas trip
Chris Sullivan
Anyway, if it helps, adding further to the Aussie platform height discussion, if anyone is interested, for comparison's sake, as far as WA is concerned (specifically, Perth suburban area), according to John Krietling's book Perth Electric, 910mm was the official minimum height allowed for platforms on the Perth suburban system following electrification, however 1000mm is the standard - naturally earlier platforms could be considerably lower though. John isn't clear about whether this is from ground level or rail level though (I presume the former).
interesting What is clear though is that Perth's platforms aren't particularly high, when compared with other cities. It was especially noticeable for me when I took a trip to Sydney a few years back and noticed just how much taller Sydney's platforms are compared to Perth!![]()
Transferred from the Australian Screenshot thread as it refers mainly to the SX tin sets in Brisbane, Perth and Auckland.
Interesting remarks about suburban platforms especially Perth platforms, considering Brisbane SX [tin sets] carriages were on loan for the America's cup yacht race in Perth/Fremantle. Similar thoughts for the Brisbane SX [tin sets] carriages in Auckland as they were seen to be ok for platform height in NZ.
Perth electrics are said to be very similar to the Brisbane ones so I assume the Perth EMUs have the same 840 mm / 33.1 inches wheels as the Brisbane EMUs and the same carriage floor to rail height? If Perth has low platforms, I assume they just do what we did in Brisbane for years; just step up or step down as needed. Still did that at Vulture St Station [aka Southbank Station] up in Brisbane the other week so nothing has changed. It was one of the latest suburban trains so not all platforms match carriage floor height.
Also interesting as the former WA railcars seem to be Ok in Auckland for platform height, well certainly we did not notice any problem when we rode them in NZ. When I was visiting Perth I did not have any problem with rail platform heights on suburban services 30 years ago.
Petan - Out of curiosity, I had a look at Nyanda this evening, and it surely would have to be lower than 810mm A.R.L. It did close in 1978 though, so maybe wasn't raised for tin sets. The 810mm looks about right for current platforms, which is what I was referring to.
I don't think the platforms were raised for electrics. Certainly for the SX cars, but the main reason platforms are the height they are is because of passing freight wagons. Down on the Gold Coast and at Lota, the platforms have been raised for the electrics as they are passenger-only lines. South Brisbane has recently been raised - you can see the various levels over the years, but the new height leaves a bigger gap between the train and platform due to the freight wagons.
Hi all thank you for the information that is all good stuff it is now only a few days untill I get to oz
I can't wait
If the people over there are as nice as you lot then I'm in for a neat time chris sullivan
petan is a amazing source of information, a real credit for finding the most juicy information. It will be released onto a CD, and be sold on our website; when we set up one. Michael Gitsham