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RE: Gold Coast Light Rail
- Subject: RE: Gold Coast Light Rail
- From: Vaughan Williams <ender2000@MailAndNews.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 08:28:28 -0400
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
- Sender: Vaughan Williams <ender2000@MailAndNews.com>
- Xref: news1.unite.net.au aus.rail:34753
>> > > What are the advantages/disadvantages to a monorail like system. And
>are
>> > > there any cities around the world that have used a monorail as their
>> > primary
>> > > means of public transport?
>> >
>> > Erm.... shouldn't the fact that you don't know of any (and I can only
>think
>> > of Wuppertal, Germany), be a bad sign?
Jacksonville, FL has. Its called the riderless express - I'll leave you to
draw the inference about its success or otherwise.
Whats important is really the fundamentals like service frequency and hours
of
operation, not the technology used.
Vaughan
Vaughan Williams
Secretary
Public Transport Users Association
247 Flinders Lane
Melbourne 3000
http://www.ptua.org.au