please empty your brain below
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Hopefully the Sutton tram proposal is able to proceed when TfL get the money. It's so disappointing how Central London's expansive tram network was completely replaced by buses.
TW | 10.05.23 - 7:06 a.m. | #
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Bring back the Cross-River Tram. It is 10 years and another 5 since Boris cancelled it.
Dan | 10.05.23 - 7:22 a.m. | #
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Good morning, may I ask why you wrote the comment about using only short words today? Is there a hidden barb there or have you dislocated some of your typing digits? 😉
Jo W | 10.05.23 - 7:22 a.m. | #
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The trams weren’t originally green, and there’s one named (or at least, it was) after an enthusiast who unfortunately passed away and who’s name is probably too long for the blog post.
Rob Healy | 10.05.23 - 7:33 a.m. | #
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Propose 7-letter (x4), 8-letter (x1) reworded - jarring!
Ken | 10.05.23 - 7:42 a.m. | #
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Word length is not the key here, Ken.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 10.05.23 - 7:47 a.m. | #
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I like trams too. My niece, who is a nurse, lives near a tram stop, and I like to watch the trams when we go to see her and the folk she lives with.
Malcolm of Kent | 10.05.23 - 8:19 a.m. | #
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Most tram schemes rely on reusing existing infrastructure connected together with some new build, unless the area is formerly industrial where they can build new.
The DLR, Merseyrail and the Tyne & Wear Metro were all originally existing alignments connected together with new build.
Croydon had just the right mix of existing and former rail infrastructure to make a scheme viable. London is lucky in that most of its rail network stayed intact.
Still Anon | 10.05.23 - 8:19 a.m. | #
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Few words here, very basic English too-clearly not paid by the word!
On the other hand, a lot of newspaper articles are all word salad these days, so interesting to see something a little different here.
Jonathan | 10.05.23 - 8:34 a.m. | #
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You can not roll a dice. One die, two or more dice.
My son, age 2, on first ride in a tram "Train gone in the road! Daft train"
(Did not say "daft", but his word was too long)
Timbo | 10.05.23 - 8:36 a.m. | #
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"It works like a bus..." except at Wimbledon, Elmers End and Mitcham Junction which get their own special bit on TfL's "Touching In & Out"
page.
ap | 10.05.23 - 9:47 a.m. | #
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A veritable monosyllabic cornucopia...!
cau1khead | 10.05.23 - 10:05 a.m. | #
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Ah, where else on the internet could you find prime public transport content which also doubles as an Oulipo literary experiment ?
CJS | 10.05.23 - 10:18 a.m. | #
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Very hard to write a post like this, and for me to write a note...
Mikey C | 10.05.23 - 10:30 a.m. | #
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Is DLR three syllables?
Greg | 10.05.23 - 10:40 a.m. | #
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(not going to try all short words, and haven't a clue why it's been done!)
I'd say on-street trams' time has probably again come and gone since Croydon Tramlink was built. With improved battery technology and a well thought out street layout a rubber wheeled tram-like bus can do pretty much everything the tram can, including giving level access, and is more flexible. There's still a place for it where most of the route is off-road so the advantages of steel wheels on rails can be fully used.
Andrew S | 10.05.23 - 10:59 a.m. | #
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Too-clever-by-half stylistic affectation makes reading surprisingly difficult and unrewarding.
David B | 10.05.23 - 11:31 a.m. | #
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Thank God you don’t have to pay for this trash, eh Dave?
diamond geezer | Homepage | 10.05.23 - 11:37 a.m. | #
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Andrew S, in the long-run, proper trams are more worthwhile than BRTs whether in the gadgetbahn variant (TVR for example) or a normal bus. The bus is indeed cheaper to purchase but will need replacing sooner and you'll likely need to run more of them to transport the same amount of people.
In my opinion, on-street trams' potentially isn't properly used in the UK. Lack of separation between trams and cars and/or slow speed and questionable priority at traffic lights. It's not as bad as the US's new streetcar networks which are essentially buses on tracks but they are far from what is done in continental Europe on new-build systems.
matthieu1221 | 10.05.23 - 11:55 a.m. | #
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Well done! Next challenge: a whole piece without a single E in it
Bruce Perkins | 10.05.23 - 2:35 p.m. | #
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The German for tram stop is Strassenbaumhaltestelle... which doesn't play well with using short words.
Putters | 10.05.23 - 5:52 p.m. | #
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No it's not. It is Strassenbahnhaltestelle.
Street Railway Halt Place not Street Tree Halt Place.
Pedantic of Purley | 10.05.23 - 6:26 p.m. | #
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The decline of the George Street tram stop mirrors the decline of Croydon town centre. I would hope that its time will come again, especially if the Westfield proposal gets off the ground.
John B | 10.05.23 - 7:46 p.m. | #
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When the system first opened, the ticket machines portrayed banknotes with Charles's face on them. I have no idea if the same machines and portrayals are still there.
Basil Jet | 11.05.23 - 12:25 a.m. | #
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