Vanquishing Light Rail & Trams to the subterranean world below towns & cities. I hope some on the list can assist me, I'm carrying out some research on the...
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David P. Dillard
jwneastro
Mar 3, 2013 1:59 pm
You may find sources you can use with these links: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%28%22light+rail%22+OR+tram+OR+ ...
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Eduard de Jong
eduard5208
Mar 3, 2013 5:25 pm
Hi David, Certainly you will be informed that many, many tramways use tunnels or subways across Europe (and worldwide), either for short distances between two...
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iandmu
Mar 3, 2013 6:10 pm
David One system that may be of interest for you is Ludwigshafen am Rhein, now part of the RNV network. This system had dreams of tunnels and Stadtbahn of...
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dan
DW_76054
Mar 3, 2013 6:19 pm
I think different cities and towns use this strategy for different reasons. If you’re doing an analysis you might want to consider reviewing the reasons and...
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Luis Manuel Almeida
lgalmeida2000
Mar 3, 2013 7:45 pm
I think that Porto is also an interesting system for you. Attached you find the network plan of light rail. There are underground sections in: - Common stretch...
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Mal Rowe
malrowe
Mar 3, 2013 9:01 pm
... Hi David, I can only comment on the basis of a brief visit, but you might find the San Francisco Muni line under Market St an interesting case study. ...
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Christof Henseler
christof.henseler@...
Mar 3, 2013 9:17 pm
Hello, I really wonder why both of you mention Berlin. In Berlin there are two heavy metro systems (with different car width of 2.30 and 2.65 m), David writes...
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Simon Smiler
sipis2946
Mar 3, 2013 10:18 pm
Its likely that Charleroi in Belgium also falls into that category. London used to have a tram tunnel... alas no more. The DLR may use light rail vehicles but...
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Wolfgang Keller
feliphil@...
Mar 4, 2013 5:28 pm
... Many tunnels in Antwerp and Charleroi have been actually commissioned a *long* time after their original construction, because municipalities could not...
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Tony Prescott
prescottt...
Mar 4, 2013 9:10 pm
There are a couple of short tunnels on the Barrandov line in Prague - although I would hardly have thought to include them. I find it more interesting whether...
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Andrew Moglestue
amogles
Mar 4, 2013 9:19 pm
I think I posted this one before. It is a combined tram and road tunnel, in Stuttgart. The tunnel still exists but trams no longer use it. ...
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dan
DW_76054
Mar 4, 2013 10:03 pm
They are building one in Karlsruhe too. http://www.diekombiloesung.de/kombiloesung/...
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dan
DW_76054
Mar 4, 2013 10:24 pm
I think Sydney has two underground stations (http://www.subways.net/australia/sydney.htm). There was also one that was closed down...
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Tony Prescott
prescottt...
Mar 4, 2013 11:29 pm
... The Sydney ones are heavy rail suburban stations, not tramway stations - although part of one was used as a tram terminus between 1930s and 1950s, that may...
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Bill Robb
bill937ca
Mar 4, 2013 11:36 pm
There is the new Milan M5 metro using 4 car trains 48m long. Just a bit larger than light rail with a one-way hour capacity of 10,720 (20 x 536). I would...
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dan
DW_76054
Mar 5, 2013 12:59 am
According to Bob’s map (http://www.urbanrail.net/au/sydney/sydney.htm) there are two underground stations on the light rail at Star City and Pyrmont Bay....
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David Revis
exchange19
Mar 5, 2013 1:46 am
It depends what you mean by “tunnel”;Pyrmont Bay is more of an undercroft as one side is open. Have a look at this time-lapse video: you’ll find...
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Tony Prescott
prescottt...
Mar 5, 2013 2:13 am
... To somebody who's travelled on the Sydney light rail that timelapse is quite funny considering how mind-numbingly slow it is in reality. A cab video in...
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interurbans
alanfishel
Mar 5, 2013 5:23 am
Great view of the new line. Any idea of when the extension from Lilyfield to Dulwhich Hill will be complete. They made did a good job of using a former RR...
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interurbans
alanfishel
Mar 5, 2013 5:23 am
... From: Jack May Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 7:02 PM Subject: RE: Light Rail & Trams in subways & tunnels Wunderbar. And it's still a great system The last...
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David Revis
exchange19
Mar 5, 2013 6:12 am
Alan, please….it’s SYDNEY David From: eurotrams@yahoogroups.com [mailto:eurotrams@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of interurbans Sent: Tuesday, 5 March 2013...
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interurbans
alanfishel
Mar 5, 2013 7:06 am
My apologies, but what can one except from a bloke from So California who has never visited Australia. Again sorry. Never again it Sydney not Sidney. Alan ...
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Bill Bolton
billbolton16
Mar 5, 2013 9:10 am
... The two Light Rail stations are in air-rights developments, where a building has been constructed over the light rail right of way. The two stations are...
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Matthew Geier
matthew.geier
Mar 5, 2013 11:01 am
... I'm not sure this one really counts. The majority of the Sydney Light Rail uses a former railway alignment that had deep cuttings and several tunnels. The...
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Eduard de Jong
eduard5208
Mar 5, 2013 11:27 am
Alan, The extension from Lilyfield to Dulwhich Hill will be opened in 2014. On a large scale works are underway now to upgrade a former freight railway to a...
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John Wayman
trecker412
Mar 5, 2013 8:07 pm
A couple of photos taken in the Duisburg Hbf underground light rail and U bahn station in 2008. The first is a sign showing the arrangement of the platforms....
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john carlson
johncarlson2
Mar 5, 2013 8:11 pm
Hi there folks. Anyone know where this is? John...
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Christof Henseler
christof.henseler@...
Mar 5, 2013 8:15 pm
Karlsruhe has already a short subway below the road junction of Durlacher Allee and Ostring. Photo of 9th May 2009. Christof...
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Martin Thorne
close292002
Mar 5, 2013 8:20 pm
Nottingham: The Karlsruhe Friendship bridge www.therailengineer.com/2013/03/04/the-karlsruhe-friendship-bridge/ Martin....
