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    Using a TFL staff pass without awareness

    The staff member is clearly at risk if the OP says the pass was taken with the knowledge and consent of the passholder, but isn't the OP then open to theft charges if it was taken without the staffer's k&c?
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    What is the longest bus/coach journey you have been on?

    I've had a 1500km one from Alice Springs to Darwin as a young bloke.
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    How were track gauges chosen?

    South Australia also ran 3' 6" gauge for a big part of its system - indeed the original Ghan service, from Port Augusta to Alice Springs (in the Northern Territory) ran on that gauge and I was lucky enough to have had three separate runs on that multi-day ride before the service was ceased...
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    How were track gauges chosen?

    The Australian state of Victoria still uses 'Irish gauge' across its network of intra-State and Melbourne metropolitan services. The national gauge is standard gauge and the inter-capital services Melbourne-Sydney and Melbourne-Adelaide run on standard gauge lines as does much inter-state goods...
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    Edinburgh Tram developments

    Melbourne in Oz (pop 4 million) has an extensive tram network which is integral to how the city works and sees itself. Trams and buses on many routes are now equipped with traffic-light transponders giving them priority at road junctions. Is that a feature of the Embra tram?

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