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Posted by Rail Blue on Tue Jun 20 15:36:01 2006, in response to Re: Here comes Staten Is. Light Rail?, posted by Deaks on Tue Jun 20 11:03:02 2006. 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.And THERE is the reason why it's pathetic. Because of the street running section, it couldn't serve any of the lines out of Piccadilly. A Picc-Vic tunnel would have been a far better idea. And "decrepit, out of the way" rather conflates the vices of Victoria and Piccadilly respectively. 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. The Eccles Line is a screw-up because they had to build high platforms for it because they decided to bolt it onto Metrolink. It would have been better with kerb height boarding and segregation from Metrolink. |
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