Thursday, November 5, 2020

Middle of the road?

 

Not just to show that the skies in Perth can be other than blue but more to ask a question.. does your city have its rail line with the freeway running back and forth on either side? I read an article HERE that pointed out the cons re the railway line here in Perth, but noticed that it was written in 2012, we've come a long way from then :) The white construction above centre is one of the many railway stations along the line, the crossover giving access to each side, every suburb has a bus service that goes to the nearest station, negating the absolute necessity for a car.. to me it is a brilliant, efficient use of space but I am interested to hear what do you think?  Happy Thursday, take care and stay safe..



20 comments:

  1. ...we have a freight rail line a bit south of here and sometimes I can hear the whistle blow.

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  2. The transit train (LRT = light rail transit) line in Calgary is like this and also has a few tunnels and also some raised track parts and in the downtown core there is a street that is only the rail.

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  3. Our railroad here is freight only, so owning a car is necessary. Has not been passenger service is perhaps the last fifty years. That is so sad. The rails run east and west and our highways mostly run north and south. You found a dramatic sky.

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  4. We have train lines with some of them by a freeway but others are not. We have an extensive passenger rail system.

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  5. Very moody skies.

    We have a section of our LRT line that parallels one of the freeways for a stretch before they part ways.

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  6. Those skies look like Florida.
    It all depends on the city if the rails run parallel to a freeway or any highway. Mostly light rail or commuter trains, but in some places so do the freight trains.

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  7. We simply don't have the space for such broad highways.

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  8. No rail line here and barely a highway :) Life in a small town.

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  9. That is brilliant. In rural Canada, we don’t have much choice but to use a vehicle.

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  10. I agree that they should be a last resort as they are not generally pedestrian friendly.

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  11. Dearest Grace,
    A very dramatic sky captured!
    You brought back fond memories of the Scottish rock group Middle of the Road! One of my favorites and I've danced many steps to that...
    Here in central Georgia we have no passenger train, only slower moving freight trains. Other states are better equipped but in general, travel by rail is not very common. If you don't have a car; you're out.
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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  12. Oh, I love such cloudy days once in a while, Grace.
    Yep. Same here, rail/tram (and sometimes bus-stop) is in the middle.

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  13. Never seen that before, a new one on me! Keep safe, Diane

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  14. I am a big believer in mass transportation. Ours is in the infant stage and has yet to grow. I think public transit is one of the reasons I've loved London so much. You can get anywhere in that city very easily.

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  15. I like the way it is in the middle of the freeway with plenty of stations along the way and buses from the suburbs into the stations.

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  16. Huge issue for years here on Oahu . Being built now and still a huge issue and controversy 🍁

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  17. At least you have a decent rail system though, ours sucks big time, it's definitely something NZ needs.

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