Dear all , OK , the issue you need to consider is what mode shares should be assumed for each possible mode. I don’t believe that if we continue to just argue about it we will come to a sensible or useful conclusion, because there are too many cleaver promoters trying to maximise their mode […]
Above – tram wires strung from the Vienna Grand Opera House Above – trams glides past the Colin’s Various Notes from various contributors: Remember, people walking in and around cities rarely look up above the shop name on a shopfront. The see the rails and think permanence and that’s where the trams run, […]
See also: https://bathtrams.uk/arguments-for-trams/5531-2/ Structure Gauge and Kinematic Envelope To ensure that the path required for the passage of trains is kept clear along the route of a railway, a “structure gauge” is imposed. This has the effect of forming a limit of building inside which no structures may intrude. The limit includes not only things […]
NSR aim is to enable reintroduction of national railway operations between Radstock and the Somer valley and the Network through partnerships with GWR, Network Rail, the DFt and Local Councils. https://www.northsomersetrailway.com/
Above: Strasbourg tram showing loud, attention grabbing gong ( tram front cover removed for photo). Here is a video covering the gong issues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY8lRRbQwLE See also: https://bathtrams.uk/how-inexperienced-contractors-and-designers-made-the-manchester-metro-much-harder-work-than-if-existing-tramway-expertise-and-continental-experience-had-been-followed/ The original “T68” trams in Manchester were fitted with whistles derived from LMS steam locomotive hooters adapted to work on air and indirectly operated via an electro-pneumatic valve. […]
See also: https://bathtrams.uk/manchester-metro-builders-ignored-continental-experience-by-not-fitting-tried-and-tested-gong-warning-sound/ UK TRAMWAY HANDICAPS Constructing a road or a railway is a far more straightforward process than installing a tramway in a city centre. Tramway installation requires the skills of mechanical, electrical (traction, distribution, electronic), civil, railway, software, highway and traffic engineers, as well as relying heavily on financial, public relations, legal and […]
See Also: -1 Likely cost of Tram Tracks £10m /km in Germany. 0 Likely Tram Track Installations costs for Bath – French Tram Engineering Experts EGIS 1 tram light rail track installation costs 2 Recent German Light Rail Tram Track costs – £13 – £20m / km 3 UK Tram track light rail installation costs […]
See Also: -1 Likely cost of Tram Tracks £10m /km in Germany. 0 Likely Tram Track Installations costs for Bath – French Tram Engineering Experts EGIS 1 tram light rail track installation costs 2 Recent German Light Rail Tram Track costs – £13 – £20m / km 3 UK Tram track light rail installation […]
Above: The picture provided above is by George Murray shows an Edinburgh bus jam “The classic example of bus jams used to be Oxford Street in London (eased somewhat in recent years) where it was quicker to walk than take a bus and it was virtually impossible to cross the road through a red metal wall, […]