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Re: Here comes Staten Is. Light Rail?

Posted by Rail Blue on Mon Jun 19 16:50:09 2006, in response to Re: Here comes Staten Is. Light Rail?, posted by tydev417 on Mon Jun 19 16:22:03 2006.

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And I knew it has happened before...there have been other abandoned rail lines converted into light rail lines. The LRT I'm talking about though is Birmingham's Midland Metro but it isn't doing well (ridership-wise) because it is awaiting further extensions.

Actually it isn't doing well because they included a load of totally useless stops:


Really, the following stops should be closed:
  • St Paul's - just beyond the platform ends of Snow Hill; would be better served by a second entrance/exit to Snow Hill on the west side of Great Charles Street

  • Soho Benson Road - area much better served by parallel bus routes

  • Winson Green Outer Circle - area much better served by parallel bus routes

  • Handsworth Booth Street - area much better served by parallel bus routes

  • Kenrick Park - area much better served by parallel bus routes

  • Trinity Way - area much better served by parallel bus routes

  • Lodge Road West Bromwich Town Hall - within easy walking distance of West Bromwich Central

  • Wednesbury Parkway - Wednesbury Great Western Street needs a second entrance/exit

  • The Crescent - within easy walking distance of Bilston Central

  • The Royal - no-one lives/works there, and the buses are much more frequent anyway


    • Dartmouth Street and Dudley Street should be combined too.

    Of course, the latest news is that the prats at Centro have decided that what Midland Metro needs is... wait for it... another stop! Yes, they're intending on inserting one between Bilston Central and Loxdale to serve some crony's company.

    Extensions *are* needed - notably the simple one stop through the city centre tunnel from Snow Hill to Moor Street - but that can't be done without either converting Midland Metro to heavy rail or converting Kidderminster-Dorridge to light rail and making assorted resultant changes to heavy rail tracks.

    I'm just showing that it is possible because it was mentioned in another post that all abandonded rail lines that started out as heavy rail lines should stay as a heavy rail line which isn't true one bit.

    Unfortunately, it would have been distinctly sensible in this case.

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