Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
From: https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...hester-piccadilly.152254/page-44#post-3616735
I'm not sure I agree on capacity. If a double tram was used on all services (why don't Metrolink just order a 4-car variant?) and they operated every 5 minutes I'd say capacity would be quite adequate. The buses by and large aren't actually full.
The idea sounds great but is actually totally unviable precisely because of the huge demand. If a Metrolink line down Oxford Road was segregated from the rest of the network to avoid overloading it and was 20-25tph (maximum for long on street street sections) then it would still struggle to meet demand and fewer places could be served than bus.
I'm not sure I agree on capacity. If a double tram was used on all services (why don't Metrolink just order a 4-car variant?) and they operated every 5 minutes I'd say capacity would be quite adequate. The buses by and large aren't actually full.