Mark, I think that rural trolleybus scene is on the line to Letkov (12),
not the one to Olympia Shopping Centre (13).
Tony P
On Monday, 3 January 2022 at 12:53:25 UTC+11eme...@... wrote:
> Others seem to think: "Build it and they'll come."
>
> Here's a greenfield extension in Szczecin, Poland. The two images are at
> approximate right angles.
>
> Prague has also let contracts for extensions from Modřany and Sídliště
> Barandov which have some running through fields.
>
> Then there's rural lines like Liberec-Jablonec (out of commission due to
> gauge change from narrow to standard - too bad for those who missed the
> dual guage system now), and Gotha in Germany. Zatiši in Ostrava etc, etc.
> Riding Liberec-Jablonec was like Eaglehawk and Sebastopol...slightly dodgy
> single track and drivers going like the clappers...with passengers hanging
> on for dear life.
>
> Iirc, that stretch of land in TP's shot gives way to a big shopping centre
> too.
>
> On Mon, 3 Jan 2022, 10:42 am Dudley Horscroft, transit...@...>
> wrote:
>
>> Tony, yes, but the photo you provided has the TB out in the open
>> countryside, and I cannot recall seeing a habitation in the fields.
>> Definitely not a place for trams, unless from one dense CBD to a major also
>> dense suburb. Rather like the Glenelg tramway - CBD to seaside resort.
>>
>> Regards and a Happy New Year
>>
>> Dudley
>> On 3/01/2022 12:16 am, TP wrote:
>>
>> Dudley, Pilsen also has a tram system. The Trolleybus system is only the
>> second tier of the city's public transport. Pilsen has a population close
>> to that of Townsville, about 180,000 but it's a major industrial city and,
>> with the European pattern of high public transport use, it's not surprising
>> that there's a intensely-used public transport system.
>>
>> Tony P
>>
>> On Sunday, 2 January 2022 at 15:20:53 UTC+11transit...@...
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This is the sort of populated area suited to trolleybuses. Trams for
>>> cities where there are large numbers of people.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Dudley
>>> On 1/01/2022 11:26 am, TP wrote:
>>>
>>> The present - a rather evocative photo of a 27Tr on Line 11, Pilsen -
>>> except that there's no "Line" on this stretch.
>>>
>>> Tony P
>>>
>>> On Saturday, 1 January 2022 at 11:15:22 UTC+11 TP wrote:
>>>
>>>> An historical lineup in chronological order of sixty years of
>>>> trolleybuses serving Pilsen, 1940-2020, in front of a municipal house and
>>>> taken from the main railway station. The overhead wires in this historical
>>>> city don't appear to be the problem that is made of them elsewhere. I don't
>>>> recall noticing them except at junctions and crossings where they are
>>>> rather untidy, but Pilsen is now buying in-motion charging trolleybuses
>>>> that no longer need a complete array of wires and have considerable range
>>>> off-wire.
>>>>
>>>> Over 14,000 trolleybuses have been manufactured at Škoda Pilsen and
>>>> exported around the world, the second largest trolleybus manufacturer in
>>>> the world after one in USSR, now defunct, so now the largest in Europe. On
>>>> that note, the formerly largest trolleybus system in the world, in Moscow,
>>>> has recently been closed and replaced by a fleet of battery-electric buses.
>>>> We'll see how that goes. The performance metrics of a modern trolleybus are
>>>> superior to those of a battery (or fuel cell) electric bus, notably in
>>>> respect of virtual 24 hour availability and lower weight, hence greater
>>>> passenger capacity and lower power consumption. The transport world is
>>>> afflicted by an irrational madness today.
>>>>
>>>> Tony P
>>>>
>>>>
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