Re: Monorail on track for court

["John LAMBERT" <jalambert@metrolink.net.au>]

Unfortunately, "new wiz bang technology" seem to go around in circles
and pop up every 15 to 20 years.  There is now a group based in
Redcliffe Queensland, promoting a monorail for fast transit between
Brisbane, Redcliffe and the Sunshine Coast.

Details at www.triplebay.com./

This group claims that their system is superior to Maglev and "This is
the technology of tomorrow that needs to be used today!"

Fortunately, good technology exists, it is called two steel rails side
by side, was invented many years ago, is proven technology and can be
used for many different types of railed vehicles.

As mentioned in a previous posting to this newsgroup, the Editorials
regarding the history of the Brisbane City Council Tramway System are
totally inaccurate and the webmaster has been asked to remove the
incorrect information from the webpage.

Also, a friend of mine just advised me that some proposed monorail
project in Germany has been recently scrapped.

Regards,
John Lambert.

William Pearce <ben_issacs@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
3a2582bc$0$19419$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au">news:3a2582bc$0$19419$7f31c96c@news01.syd.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.