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From: ntt@dciem.UUCP (Mark Brader)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: re: Do people walk to the left in England? (Escalators, trains)
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Date: Tue, 6-Dec-83 19:20:16 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  6 19:20:16 1983
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     As I recall, although people drive on the left, trains on two track lines
     normally run on the right hand track.
     	+	Donald E. Eastlake, III

No, British trains certainly run on the left (with rare e\ceptions).
It is for good reason that the symbol for British Rail looks like this:

		 \
	  -------->------
		 /
	  ------<--------
		 \

Left-hand running applies to underground (subway) trains as well as British
Rail.  In North America, subway trains run on the right (in Toronto,
Montreal, San Francisco, New York, and Washington, anyway), but for ordinary
trains it varies from one line to another.  In some places they run on the
right, in others one or both tracks may be used in either direction.  I think
this is also the case in France.

I just returned from a quick visit to Sydney, Australia.  Australians drive
on the left and the trains run on the left too (at least in Syndey).  However,
whereas in England AND on the Toronto subway escalator users are supposed to
stand on the right, pass on the left, in Sydney it is the other way around.
I don't understand this.

Mark Brader, NTT Systems Inc., Toronto, Canada