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Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread
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nmc
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Does the Newcastle Metro go underground? It is built on former British Rail tracks rather like the early Metrolink.
I goes underground between Jesmond and Haymarket and comes out to cross the Tyne running north to south and the branch off to St James is underground. Like all metro systems they only need to go underground in the City Centre - see Koln for example. Manchester metro link falls apart trying to cross the City Centre and when it gets routed down busy streets. Metrolink was constructed on the cheap and it has faults that undermine it but these could be ironed out.
nmc
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I reckon there is as much of Metrolink underground (the undercroft at Piccadilly Station) as the Tyne Wear Metro.
No. Haymarket to Monument to Central Station is over a mile.
I goes underground between Jesmond and Haymarket and comes out to cross the Tyne running north to south and the branch off to St James is underground. Like all metro systems they only need to go underground in the City Centre - see Koln for example. Manchester metro link falls apart trying to cross the City Centre and when it gets routed down busy streets. Metrolink was constructed on the cheap and it has faults that undermine it but these could be ironed out.
bobbyowenquiff
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As well as Liverpool, Glasgow, and Newcastle they have central underground systems in scores of European cities. They can’t all be wrong.Probably they are different. It is 2025, if we don't have one, it's because there are material reasons. I don't know Liverpool, Newcastle or Glasgow's city centre well enough to make a comparison. If I arrived at Manchester Piccadilly, I can walk direct to any destination in Manchester city centre in < 25 minutes. Tube travel would be silly. It would be indirect. There would be dead time. The time saving is not viable in such a small geographical area. If the proposition is to travel further then it could be more time-efficient than walking but then you start to run up against the bus, metro and main-line travel.
eyalluvitt
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Anyone over 5ft 6” on that Glasgow underground feels like Gulliver in LilliputAs well as Liverpool, Glasgow, and Newcastle they have central underground systems in scores of European cities. They can’t all be wrong.