A novel idea but would probably make for some spectacular deaths...
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 14:00, Reply)
this will never work..
unless they scrap all railway systems in the world... I can't see anyone stumping up the cash for that! Or the planning permission required! etc etc etc
Choo choo
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McMookMac Crush Proof, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 14:06,
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Imagine the vast number of trains and trams there would have to be in order the enable all of the different branch lines to dock together.
Then imagine how many of those trains would be affected if one single train has a problem and had to stop or slow down.
I reckon it's a spectacularly silly and wasteful idea. Just go to Japan or Switzerland and see how fantabulous their train connections are.
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emergency_pants Today I smell of... tea tree, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 14:18,
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This reminds me of a system put forward in Japan
With intermediary 'pods' so express trains only had to slow down as disembarkers moved from the train to the pod, which then stopped at the station....
Oh I dunno, could've been the drugs.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 15:30,
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err isacc asimov
cities of steel, think that idea is pre-ww II
definitely not original
(, Sat 9 Jul 2011, 12:05, Reply)