aspierail
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Do you think other cities in the UK should have driverless trains which are similar to the DLR or not.
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I think the original DLR network worked because by and large, it was built in to and alongside the neighbouring development at the time, creating minimal disruption and demolition. I struggle to think of any other major British city where getting a segregated railway into the city centre wouldn't either require demolition and disruption (to get it to run above ground), or the high cost (to get it to run below ground) unless it were to take over existing corridors. Therefore, a tramway would perhaps be a better solution, as it can run on-road where space does not exist for a wholly separate alignment.
I think the original DLR network worked because by and large, it was built in to and alongside the neighbouring development at the time, creating minimal disruption and demolition. I struggle to think of any other major British city where getting a segregated railway into the city centre wouldn't either require demolition and disruption (to get it to run above ground), or the high cost (to get it to run below ground) unless it were to take over existing corridors. Therefore, a tramway would perhaps be a better solution, as it can run on-road where space does not exist for a wholly separate alignment.
Where would you put it? The geography of Birmingham is not especially amenable to metros.I believe Birmingham needs some sort of proper metro system, like the Stuttgart U bahn. I think we need to follow the German example, who have a excellent high speed ICE system with most major cities having a well developed and organised transport system, including the buses. I think in the major cities such as Birmingham and Cardiff we need a well organised and extensive transport system like Stuttgart or London to get people out of their cars.
What we should have is more monorails in this country. And if needs be - driverless one.
I know I enjoyed my trips on the ones in Odenville,Sydney and North Haverbrook.
What advantages do monorails have?
(Monorail! Monorail!)
What we should have is more monorails in this country. And if needs be - driverless one.
I know I enjoyed my trips on the ones in Ogdenville,Sydney and North Haverbrook.
There was talk of a monerail line being privately funded being built in Cardiff (I remember putting a thread about in on this forum) and well that has gone very quiet.
I wouldnt mind a light rail system being built in Swansea running from Mumbles through the city centre to perhaps Amazon & Fabian way where there is expected to be some large developments over the next few years.
Maybe running like a tram to the civic centre/county hall in Swansea then running over a elavated section around by Tesco so that there isnt too much disruption to the main road around that area and then returning to ground level somewhere near the SA1/Swansea docks
most of the route is now a cyclepath which I suppose could be re-used if the go head is ever given to re-build the mumbles railway as a tram route.
In fact I think it would be a very good tourist attraction and would help cut down on the amount of cars driving down the main road from Swansea to Oystermouth