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Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:13 am Post subject: Israel's only subway/Overseas subways/Metros/trams/buses |
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This miniscule "system" consists of only one line and but six stations, making it the shortest subway in the world.
It was originally built in 1956 (it had been planned to be part of a larger, more extensive system), but was closed in 1986 for extensive modernization, and re-opened several years later.
The small, two-car trains (counterbalanced) utilize manual doors (as is the case in many European cities); these doors can also be operated by train operators.
It only carries some 2,000 riders each day, and, not surprisingly, is a money-losing operation.
Interestingly, the line is a peculiar "hybrid" of both rapid transit and funicular........
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Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:37 am Post subject: |
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Further note......
For some years after the line first opened, there were wall advertisements on the station platforms, as well as news kiosks; the original cars themselves bore some sort of resemblence to the rubber-tired Paris Metro rolling stock of the late 1950s and 1960s.
Check out the photo gallery towards the bottom of the Wikipedia page, whose link I already posted here, a few posts back....
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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:29 am Post subject: |
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The street entrances are like a modernized IRT entrance... |
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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:04 am Post subject: |
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traildriver wrote: | The street entrances are like a modernized IRT entrance... |
traildriver:
Ahhhh, so you noticed that too!
A saw a few entrances that indeed reminded me of the ol' "Eye-Are-Tee"!
Interesting to note that the line suffered a lot of damage during a 2017 blaze; the line was closed until 2022, and was rebuilt with new "trains" and a new cable system.
This is an interesting (and QUITE unique!) little "subway-cum-funicular"!)
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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Historical note........
The Haifa "subway" was not the only underground transit operation to use cable traction.
Glasgow's subway (opened in the 1890s) utilized cable operation until the trains themselves were electrified in 1935.
The trains were (and still are) quite tiny (especially when compared to our subways); the original cars ran through the 1970s.
The orange trains that replaced them are now themselves being replaced by ultra-modern (driverless) trains) which I've dubbed "SoQ" ("Spawn of Quartermass"); these cars are simply downright UGLY!
When the orange trains were originally introduced, the Subway was quickly dubbed the "Clockwork Orange", as the line runs in an oval around the city.
This is an interesting little rapid transit system with a rich history.
The interiors of the cars closely resemble those of the "deep level" tubes in London...........
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Subway *
*(interesting photos/maps also on this page)
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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Check out the historic (and charming!) underground (rubber-tired) "TUNEL" funicular "Metro" in Istanbul......
https://life-globe.com/en/tunel-istanbul/
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2024 12:43 am Post subject: |
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Further.........
It is also interesting to note that the vintage rolling stock used on Istanbul's "TUNEL" were rebuilt from historic trams.........
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