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Re: Monorails [was Light Rail forum in Portland
- Subject: Re: Monorails [was Light Rail forum in Portland
- From: " Ian" <iansmith@optusnet.com.au>
- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 19:40:30 +1000
- Newsgroups: misc.transport.urban-transit,aus.rail
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Apart from going nowhere. What is wrong with the M/R. I' m sure that if it
traveled Central --Circular Quay via The Rocks etc: Sartor and his cronies
would leave it alone.
Why does it worry people so much? Someone should buy it and re-run it from
Doonside to Wonderland Australia .
"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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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