Time to rip up the OBahn?

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Time to rip up the OBahn?

#1 Post by monotonehell » Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:25 pm

Well they've finally done it.

After a LOAD of delays the Cambridge Busway is officially open.
http://www.cambridgefirst.co.uk/news/a_ ... d_1_984945

So now that we're second best, time to dig it up and replace it with a ... oh I dunno ... canal system. :D
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#2 Post by Omicron » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:10 pm

Ooh, canals! That would be pretty. Do it now.

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Re: Time to rip up the OBahn?

#3 Post by metro » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:23 pm

yeah rip it up and replace it with Australia's first driver-less metro, extend it from modbury up to golden grove and under the cbd and to the Airport

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#4 Post by jk1237 » Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:39 am

the Vancouver skytrain and Edmonton LRT is quite impressive. If Edmonton can have trains go underground through its downtown, why cant we. We are still a larger city I think. Canadians seem to put a greater priority on public transport than us, which is not what I was expecting.

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#5 Post by [Shuz] » Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:07 pm

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How 'bout a bonafide, electrified six-car monorail?
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#6 Post by peas_and_corn » Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:42 pm

[Shuz] wrote:Image

How 'bout a bonafide, electrified six-car monorail?

I'm still waiting for the monorail connecting TTP, Pelican Plaza, the library and Modbury Triangle we were promised at the last state election.

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#7 Post by monotonehell » Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:14 pm

peas_and_corn wrote:I'm still waiting for the monorail connecting TTP, Pelican Plaza, the library and Modbury Triangle we were promised at the last state election.
LOL! Who promised that?
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#8 Post by peas_and_corn » Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:42 pm

monotonehell wrote:
peas_and_corn wrote:I'm still waiting for the monorail connecting TTP, Pelican Plaza, the library and Modbury Triangle we were promised at the last state election.
LOL! Who promised that?
It was actually the Liberal contesting the seat in Modbury. There was a short article about it in the Messenger, and I imagine there were some discreet phone calls made, because it wasn't mentioned again.

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Re: Time to rip up the OBahn?

#9 Post by metro » Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:08 pm

peas_and_corn wrote:
monotonehell wrote:
peas_and_corn wrote:I'm still waiting for the monorail connecting TTP, Pelican Plaza, the library and Modbury Triangle we were promised at the last state election.
LOL! Who promised that?
It was actually the Liberal contesting the seat in Modbury. There was a short article about it in the Messenger, and I imagine there were some discreet phone calls made, because it wasn't mentioned again.
Well there isnt a seat of Modbury, it's either Newland or Florey. and that promised monorail (if it was real) is just more proof that the Liberals in this state are hopeless :lol:

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#10 Post by peas_and_corn » Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:15 pm

metro wrote:
peas_and_corn wrote:
monotonehell wrote: LOL! Who promised that?
It was actually the Liberal contesting the seat in Modbury. There was a short article about it in the Messenger, and I imagine there were some discreet phone calls made, because it wasn't mentioned again.
Well there isnt a seat of Modbury, it's either Newland or Florey. and that promised monorail (if it was real) is just more proof that the Liberals in this state are hopeless :lol:
Yeah, I couldn't remember the name of the seat, just that it covered Modbury. It was possibly Newland.

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#11 Post by Aidan » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:12 pm

monotonehell wrote:Well they've finally done it.

After a LOAD of delays the Cambridge Busway is officially open.
http://www.cambridgefirst.co.uk/news/a_ ... d_1_984945

So now that we're second best, time to dig it up and replace it with a ... oh I dunno ... canal system. :D
We're second longest, not second best. Ours is still faster.

'Tis the Cambridge busway that should be replaced by a railway, as it could form a useful part of a cross country line.


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#12 Post by crawf » Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:18 am

Aidan wrote:Where's Pelican Plaza?
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#13 Post by peas_and_corn » Sat Aug 13, 2011 4:56 pm

If you go slightly further up Northeast Road, on the left, where the Hungry Jacks is.

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Re: Time to rip up the OBahn?

#14 Post by iTouch » Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:10 pm

No lets not rip it up. I really like the OBahn :)
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Re: Time to rip up the OBahn?

#15 Post by skyliner » Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:59 pm

Replace it with rail connection. Currently it is an isolated system. Integration by rail with much needed new rail extensions, light or heavy, in the eastern suburbs needed.

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