On 16/08/2014 17:12, clipka wrote:
> Am 16.08.2014 15:59, schrieb Thomas de Groot:
>> On 16-8-2014 15:10, Le_Forgeron wrote:
>>
>>> Last note: trains run on left, but tramways is a different story, and
>>> metro/tube too, they run on right (like car) in Paris.
>>
>> On the continent, /only/ in France trains are left-sided, if I am
>> correct. ;-)
>
> Wikipedia claims that Belgian, Italian, Portugese, Swedish and Swiss
> trains don't drive on the right (!) track either. Some Austrian railway
> lines also drive on the left.
>

I read recently that in France it was British Engineers that built the 
first railways. So, you guessed it. The trains ran on the left.

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Regards
     Stephen

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