Re: Monorail on track for court

["William Pearce" <ben_issacs@optusnet.com.au>]

    Another suspended monorail, similar to that at Wuppertal, is the Shonan
monorail in Japan, south-west of Tokyo. This is about 8 km in length and has
been running for thirty or so years. It is a cross-country connection
between the small, but busy Enoshima Elec. rly. and  the big JR junction
station at Ofuna. As it has to surmount a ridge between these two places at
a grade of  about 1:15 it was probably the cheapest way to get a railed
public transport route there. It is certainly a proper public transportation
system, not just a tourist facility. Monorails are o.k. for single routes,
but not so good for multiple routes as the junction pointworks are vastly
complex.

Regards,

Bill Pearce.
"david" <david@gwmail.nmit.vic.edu.au> wrote in message
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> David Bromage wrote in part:
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> > smh.com.au has a poll about the levy.
> >
> > Monorail's $500,000 levy
> > Should the monorail stay?
> > Yes, no levy: 768
> > Yes, plus levy: 264
> > No: 2056
> > Don't care: 162
> >
> > (as at 5pm)
> >
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> Did they count who has ridden the monorail from those figures ?
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> Regards,
> David Head
> ( who , as a tourist ridden the monorail)
>