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Posted by Deaks on Tue Jun 20 11:03:02 2006, in response to Re: Here comes Staten Is. Light Rail?, posted by Rail Blue on Mon Jun 19 16:36:02 2006. ou have Manchester Metrolink in England, it pretty much street-runs the entire route.No, it doesn't. It's a seriously pathetic plug-in of some commuter rail lines into an on-the-cheap street-running link across the City Centre. Talk about doing things backwards. Not at all. Metrolink's Atrincham and Bury lines replaced infrequent, unreliable BR services with ten trams an hour - to the city centre, rather than either of the decrepit, out-of-the-way terminals served previously. The city centre street running section isn't particularly prone to delays and replaced a poorly-executed bus link between Piccadilly and Victoria. Go see it for yourself, and observe the level of crowding throughout the day and particularly the peak. The Eccles line is completely new and is a valuable piece of public transport in Salford, although it won't be until Salford Quays are total redeveloped that it sees its full potential. Tydev417 - the amount of street running in the city centre is limited - roughly split 50/50 between street and reservation running in the CC. The Eccles line has a fair bit of street running towards the outer terminal, however. See NYCSubway's Manchester Metrolink site. |
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