Metrolink to / from Etihad

[Citizen of Legoland]

I wondered why I'd never heard of it.

Unless he's got £10bn of his own money to do it.

He puts a lot of time into it, using what’s known and his imagination and it’s good to read, but it’s presented as official documentation which just needs pointing out.

 

[Blue Mist]

Who would set the points on a driverless tram?

Ergh, modern technology does that for you.Instead of sticking a tram on the Altrincham to Manchester train service, same track, same stations, same shit but no upgrade, invest in modern infrastructure. They are currently laying tram tracks all ove Manchester based on 1960s technology.

 

[Vic]

He puts a lot of time into it, using what’s known and his imagination and it’s good to read, but it’s presented as official documentation which just needs pointing out.

It doesn't take much imagination to think of a rail tunnel under Manchester.

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[Citizen of Legoland]

It doesn't take much imagination to think of a rail tunnel under Manchester.

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Tunnels under the city centre for trains or trams are still options and have been discussed in recent years at council and transport authority levels so they’re not impossible. I just think with the financial situation it won’t happen for quite some time.

 

[JGL07]

Ergh, modern technology does that for you.Instead of sticking a tram on the Altrincham to Manchester train service, same track, same stations, same shit but no upgrade, invest in modern infrastructure. They are currently laying tram tracks all ove Manchester based on 1960s technology.

Driverless trams on public roads?

That would be fun going from St Peter’s Square to Piccadilly and on to the Etihad.

I have been on driverless trams in London (DLR), Lille, Singapore, and other Cities. None of them involved going along public roads.

I wish those who post this type of bullshit would try and understand the key issues before pressing ‘send’!

 

[xgorton]

Tunnels under the city centre for trains or trams are still options and have been discussed in recent years at council and transport authority levels so they’re not impossible. I just think with the financial situation it won’t happen for quite some time.

We could call it the underground,wait a minute.

 

[Blue Mist]

Driverless trams on public roads?

That would be fun going from St Peter’s Square to Piccadilly and on to the Etihad.

I have been on driverless trams in London (DLR), Lille, Singapore, and other Cities. None of them involved going along public roads.

I wish those who post this type of bullshit would try and understand the key issues before pressing ‘send’!

I am not saying the Met should be driverless. That would never work so why you have to be so aggressive fuck knows. I am talking about investment, forward thinking and even common sense.
In 2023 how can we have a system where a tram driver has to get off the tram and manually change the points ? Not even Casey Jones had to do that.
They are routing all the trams through St Peters Square and are now totally gobsmacked that it is a bottle neck.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

I am not saying the Met should be driverless. That would never work so why you have to be so aggressive fuck knows. I am talking about investment, forward thinking and even common sense.
In 2023 how can we have a system where a tram driver has to get off the tram and manually change the points ? Not even Casey Jones had to do that.
They are routing all the trams through St Peters Square and are now totally gobsmacked that it is a bottle neck.

Have I missed something, where does this happen? I thought it was all done electronically from a transponder under the tram.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

It doesn't take much imagination to think of a rail tunnel under Manchester.

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Indeed.

The Metrolink network is very good until you reach the city centre. When it gets to the city centre it becomes painfully slow! You can be sat on the Met with people walking faster on the pavement beside you than the Met is moving.

 

[Blue Mist]

Have I missed something, where does this happen? I thought it was all done electronically from a transponder under the tram.

You clearly have. I few pages back I posted I was on a crowded tram coming back from the match. Just before St Peters Sq the poor driver announced there would be a delay whilst he got off and manually changed the points. In 2022 (as it was) this is farcical and shows the tram is not fit for purpose.