Re: CityRail - nothing else quite like it

["Goldie" <goldicom@powerup.com.au>]

Try Brisbane, maybe not as bulky, but runs the Kms!

Goldie


"Bradley Torr" <btorr@bigpond.SPAMTRAP.com> wrote in message
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> CityRail. There's nothing else quite like it in the world.
>
> I believe that CityRail is a unique system in the world (but am quite
> willing to be corrected on this issue) - mainly due to its scope of
> operations and network-wide integration.
>
> Not only is it a downtown and inner-suburban subway system, but also a
> suburban transit system, and also an inter-city limited-stops commuter
> system.
>
> And what's more, it's all one single system, with all services sharing
> essentially the same tracks (along with freight as well!)
>
> We can go around the world to all the great cities in the western world
and
> not find anything quite like it - go to Toronto - you have the TTC
> city-owned subways, and that's all right, but then the commuter GO Train
> system owned by the provincial government is completely different. New
York?
> Yes, metropolitan NYC is all controlled by the MTA, but even then, there's
> three separate systems (two commuter systems, and the subway system).
> London? Nothing more than a mish-mash of privately-owned commuter lines,
and
> London Transport's Underground. Closer to home, there's Melbourne -
sort-of
> similar, but not since the Kennett break-up into two different TOC's in
> addition to V-Line inter-urban commuter services.
>
> If any great city like Sydney has a similar system anywhere in the world
> that combines into one single integrated system inner-city, suburban and
> interurban travel, I'd be glad to hear of it.
>
> Regards,
> Bradley.
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