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Re: Monorails [was Light Rail forum in Portland
- Subject: Re: Monorails [was Light Rail forum in Portland
- From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 04:11:27 GMT
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David McLoughlin (davemclNOSPAM@iprolink.co.nz) wrote:
> Colin R. Leech wrote:
> > That pretty much sums up the usage of monorails: amusement park rides. If
> > it were a serious contender in the world of true public transit systems
> > for urban areas, we'd see a lot more of them already.
> Not only are monorails engineeringly difficult, low of speed and low of
> carrying capacity, they are also damned ugly. You should see the ugly
> monorail track above some of the streets in Sydney, where a line for
> tourists was built in the 1980s and remains now because nobody will pay
> to have it pulled down.
TNT offered to remove it, for a price. This was before the sale to CGEA.
It is the policy of the Sydney City Council to dismantle the monorail as
soon as the money can be found.
Cheers
David