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Tram-train backed
7:38am Wednesday 1st July 2009 in
HAMPSHIRE’S transport chiefs have backed plans for a high-frequency tram-train running between Southampton and Fareham.
As revealed by the Daily Echo yesterday, futuristic hybrid vehicles will replace standard trains on the existing Netley line under an ambitious multi-million pound scheme.
The reintroduction of passenger services on the Waterside line between Totton and Hythe were also supported by the Transport for South Hampshire joint committee.
The proposals were among 11 top priorities identified in a new report outlining the future of railways in South Hampshire over the next 30 years.
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Zeo
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8:33am Wed 1 Jul 09
If they wanted to put these on the Netley Railway then build a chord up in Eastleigh so the likes of Southern and FGW can stop off at Airport/Eastleigh and Hedge End, which would free up space on the Netley Line which could then offer a 30 minute service between So'ton and Pompy ran either by SWT or these Tram's.
Condor Man
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8:44am Wed 1 Jul 09
Andy Locks Heath
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9:19am Wed 1 Jul 09
Andy Locks Heath
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9:34am Wed 1 Jul 09
Linesman
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9:48am Wed 1 Jul 09
No DO!
(Security word? wind-site! Most appropriate because, like the link from Fareham to Gosport, it's a load of hot air!)
St.Stubb
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9:51am Wed 1 Jul 09
RP2
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10:18am Wed 1 Jul 09
St Petersburg, Helsinki and Amsterdam, but they only worked well in the last two cities. The Russian trams were antiquated and fighting for space on log-jammed city streets - they looked like they'd been in service since the 60's. In Helsinki and Amsterdam, however, the trams were part of a fully integrated transport system and so worked really well.
I got to use the Amsterdam system, and it was really clean and efficient, but had obviously had loads of money pumped into it to ensure there were no gaps in the service. I was able to buy a 24 hour ticket for 7 Euros, which could be used on trams, metro and buses as many times as I wanted.
As Andy says, for the system to work over here, all of the phases need to be in place. I would love to be able to use such a system, but I have to resort to the car. If I wanted to use public transport to get to work (at stupid o'clock in the am), I would have to get a bus from the outskirts of Southampton (near Bursledon) into the City, to catch a train to Park Gate - I'd have to travel 20 mins in the wrong direction!
Even the Scots are getting it right. My mum and dad just came back from Edinburgh and were able to take a trip on a bus, the equivalent of going from Fareham to Hayling Island, to Southampton then back to Fareham, for a couple of quid. Before he got his bus pass, it would cost him that to get into Fareham which was a 15 min bus ride!
Security words - more-hope!
goard
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10:36am Wed 1 Jul 09
goard
H.BEAR
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12:35pm Wed 1 Jul 09
Jim Smyth
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2:08pm Wed 1 Jul 09
Nothing to say wrote:It goes both ways remember. A more pertinent, and easily answered, question,is "who on earth wants to travel out of Fareham?". The answer of course being "everybody who's ever been there".
Who on earth wants to travel to Fareham?
stmarysmush, literally
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2:20pm Wed 1 Jul 09
soton_gal
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2:54pm Wed 1 Jul 09
JohnLR
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5:13pm Wed 1 Jul 09
dand_uk
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1:41pm Thu 2 Jul 09
RP2 wrote:Bursledon to Park Gate looks like 3 miles on Google maps - have you considered commuting by bike - should only take you 15mins.
I've been in three cities this summer where trams are in use: St Petersburg, Helsinki and Amsterdam, but they only worked well in the last two cities. The Russian trams were antiquated and fighting for space on log-jammed city streets - they looked like they'd been in service since the 60's. In Helsinki and Amsterdam, however, the trams were part of a fully integrated transport system and so worked really well. I got to use the Amsterdam system, and it was really clean and efficient, but had obviously had loads of money pumped into it to ensure there were no gaps in the service. I was able to buy a 24 hour ticket for 7 Euros, which could be used on trams, metro and buses as many times as I wanted. As Andy says, for the system to work over here, all of the phases need to be in place. I would love to be able to use such a system, but I have to resort to the car. If I wanted to use public transport to get to work (at stupid o'clock in the am), I would have to get a bus from the outskirts of Southampton (near Bursledon) into the City, to catch a train to Park Gate - I'd have to travel 20 mins in the wrong direction! Even the Scots are getting it right. My mum and dad just came back from Edinburgh and were able to take a trip on a bus, the equivalent of going from Fareham to Hayling Island, to Southampton then back to Fareham, for a couple of quid. Before he got his bus pass, it would cost him that to get into Fareham which was a 15 min bus ride! Security words - more-hope!
Think of the petrol money you could save...
VincentCheese
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3:11pm Thu 9 Jul 09
It's neither a tram nor a train.
A traim?
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