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London’s DLR is a gadgetbahn. For all its obvious limitations it’s been quite successful. Lots of new stations, lots of expansions, decent integration with trad
by t_luke 1y ago
London’s DLR is a gadgetbahn. For all its obvious limitations it’s been quite successful. Lots of new stations, lots of expansions, decent integration with traditional rail. VLR would work similarly.
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- tim333 1y agoI don't think it's gadgetbahn >something that claims to be innovative but in fact doesn't do anything not thought of before and doesn't solve any problems The DLR was I think about the first decent scale autonomous rail system and provides a lot of transport. I mean things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgantown_Personal_Rapid_Transit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgantown_Personal_Rapid_Tran... predated it by a decade but is dinky in comparison.
- masklinn 1y agoKobe’s Port Island Line is generally considered the first fully automated metro and opened in 1981. Lille Metro is about the same scale as the DLR and opened in 1983.