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The picture is a bit deceptive, looking like it does as if there is a driver. The train in fact is moving away from the camera, and the trains are automatic; driverless. There are seats for drivers if needed, but they are not separated from the rest of the cars, so anyone can sit there in front of the covered up controls. It is a nice seat to get if you can, either looking down the tracks where the train is going, or where it has been.
Je l'ai rencontré ... entre deux expositions !
Beauvais le 08 Octobre 2013. Nous sommes un mardi.
Grisaille d'Automne.
Sujet : Les "Photaumnales", festival photographique.
Hymne donc à la photo. Hymne à des thématiques chaque année renouvelées.
Cette 10ème édition est l’occasion d’une rétrospective des 9 photographes invités à Beauvais depuis 2004, qui présentent un extrait de leur résidence passée.
Pour moi c'est une première.
Je découvre.
Sans fil conducteur sinon que cette cathédrale énorme,
en travaux et quelques photographies superbement exposées, ici et là ...
Entre autre à la Galerie Nationale de la Tapisserie
Beauvais, une ville où les choses semblent un peu figées dans un passé composé.
...
Beauvais 8 October 2013. We are a Tuesday.
Autumn gloom.
Topic: "Photaumnales" photographic festival.
So hymn to the photo. Anthem thematic annually renewed.
This is the 10th occasion of a retrospective of nine photographers invited to Beauvais since 2004, presenting an excerpt from their last residence.
For me this is a first.
I discover.
Driverless except that this huge cathedral thread
under construction and some photographs beautifully exposed here and there ...
Beauvais, a town where things seem a bit frozen in a past tense
Beauvais le 08 Octobre 2013. Nous sommes un mardi.
Grisaille d'Automne.
Sujet : Les "Photaumnales", festival photographique.
Hymne donc à la photo. Hymne à des thématiques chaque année renouvelées.
Cette 10ème édition est l’occasion d’une rétrospective des 9 photographes invités à Beauvais depuis 2004, qui présentent un extrait de leur résidence passée.
Pour moi c'est une première.
Je découvre.
Sans fil conducteur sinon que cette cathédrale énorme,
en travaux et quelques photographies superbement exposées, ici et là ...
Beauvais, une ville où les choses semblent un peu figées dans un passé composé.
...
Beauvais 8 October 2013. We are a Tuesday.
Autumn gloom.
Topic: "Photaumnales" photographic festival.
So hymn to the photo. Anthem thematic annually renewed.
This is the 10th occasion of a retrospective of nine photographers invited to Beauvais since 2004, presenting an excerpt from their last residence.
For me this is a first.
I discover.
Driverless except that this huge cathedral thread
under construction and some photographs beautifully exposed here and there ...
Beauvais, a town where things seem a bit frozen in a past tense
The Metro Station at marmorkirken is located 30 meters below the streets, making it the deepest loacted station in the Metro.
There are 44 stations in the Copenhagen Metro, a driverless rapid transit system serving Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and Tårnby in Denmark. Of the original 22 metro stations, nine are underground, twelve are elevated, and one is at street level.[Christianshavn Station offers transfer between the system's two original lines (M1 and M2), which share track between Vanløse and Christianshavn stations. From Christianshavn, M1 branches south traveling to Vestamager Station, while M2 heads southeast to Lufthavnen Station, which serves Copenhagen Airport.
The Copenhagen Metro opened in 2002, with additional stations opening in 2003, and the M2 branch to the airport completed in 2007. M1 and M2 are in total 21 kilometers (13 mi) long, of which 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) is in tunnels and 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) is elevated. It takes 23 minutes to travel on each line from one end to the other. The City Circle Line is intended to form a 15.5-kilometer (9.6 mi) loop around the city center, with a full circumference taking 25 minutes.
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Have a wonderful Sunday and week ahead, dear Flickr friends ;-) Ich wünsche Euch einen schönen Sonntag und eine ebensolche Woche ;-)
Another one from the Rudolph-Wilde-Park in Berlin's borough Schöneberg (taken last May on the same day as my previous capture). In the background you can see the metro / subway / underground station Rathaus Schöneberg (Rathaus = town hall) of the line U4, the shortest metro line in Berlin with only 5 stations (which are all located in Schöneberg). The U4 was opened in 1910, when Schöneberg was still an independant town. Between 1985 and 1993 the U4 was operated all-automatic (driverless).
Noch eins vom letzten Mai im Rudolph-Wilde-Park in Berlin-Schöneberg. Im Hintergrund ist die U-Bahnstation Rathaus Schöneberg der U4 zu erkennen, Berlins mit nur fünf Stationen (die allesamt in Schöneberg liegen) kürzeste U-Bahn-Linie. Die U4 wurde 1910 als "Schöneberger Untergrundbahn" eröffnet, zu diesem Zeitpunkt war Schöneberg noch eine eigenständige Stadt. Von 1985 bis 1993 wurde die U4 vollautomatisch und führerlos betrieben. Ach ja, und Frühlingsblumen sind auch mit auf dem Foto ;-)
Shot with my vintage Zuiko MC Auto-S 50mm F 1.4 / mit meinem manuellen Zuiko MC Auto-S 50mm F 1.4 aufgenommen.
Rio Tinto 9114, 9401 and 7049 with a loaded Iron Ore train heading to the port of Dampier.
29 October 2023, cap Ridge - Coastal Highway Crossing.
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Blaine the Mono was a sentient monorail in The Dark Tower series by Stephen King that went insane over the course of its long lifetime. He became suicidal and attempted to kill the lead character Roland and his team in his suicide, but was ultimately defeated.
Featured in this shot, The Palm Jumeirah Monorail is a monorail line on the Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The monorail connects the Palm Jumeirah to the mainland, with a planned further extension to the Red Line of the Dubai Metro. The line opened on April 30, 2009. It is the first monorail in the Middle East.
The trains are driverless, with attendants for any emergency situations.
A découvrir : Aurore Valade :
www.rue89strasbourg.com/index.php/evenements/aurore-valade/
Beauvais le 08 Octobre 2013. Nous sommes un mardi.
Grisaille d'Automne.
Sujet : Les "Photaumnales", festival photographique.
Hymne donc à la photo. Hymne à des thématiques chaque année renouvelées.
Cette 10ème édition est l’occasion d’une rétrospective des 9 photographes invités à Beauvais depuis 2004, qui présentent un extrait de leur résidence passée.
Pour moi c'est une première.
Je découvre.
Sans fil conducteur sinon que cette cathédrale énorme,
en travaux et quelques photographies superbement exposées, ici et là ...
Entre autre à la Galerie Nationale de la Tapisserie
Beauvais, une ville où les choses semblent un peu figées dans un passé composé.
...
Beauvais 8 October 2013. We are a Tuesday.
Autumn gloom.
Topic: "Photaumnales" photographic festival.
So hymn to the photo. Anthem thematic annually renewed.
This is the 10th occasion of a retrospective of nine photographers invited to Beauvais since 2004, presenting an excerpt from their last residence.
For me this is a first.
I discover.
Driverless except that this huge cathedral thread
under construction and some photographs beautifully exposed here and there ...
Beauvais, a town where things seem a bit frozen in a past tense
Turin has a driverless metro system based on the VAL system. From the front of the train you have a great view of the metro tunnel.
The Dubai Metro
is a driverless, fully automated metro rail network in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The Red Line and Green Line are operational, with three further lines planned.
These first two lines run underground in the city centre and on elevated viaducts elsewhere (elevated railway).
All trains and stations are air conditioned with platform edge doors to make this possible.
@Wikipedia
Copenhagen's metro is equipped with automatic driverless trains.
Поезда метро в Копенгагене ходят автоматически, без машинистов.
The H-Bahn ("Hängebahn", or "hanging railway") in Dortmund and Düsseldorf is a suspended, driverless passenger suspension railway system. The system was developed by Siemens, who call the project SIPEM (SIemens PEople Mover).
Two installations exist, one at the Dortmund university campus, the other at the Düsseldorf Airport. While Siemens is no longer actively marketing the system, and will no longer carry out turnkey projects, new installations are still possible in collaboration with the Dortmund operating company.
Since 2011 Air Train International has been marketing the system in China and as of May 2013 there are proposals to build lines in Shanghai and Wenzhou. A number of other Chinese cities are also studying the system.
The first publicly funded overhead railway has run since 1984 at the University of Dortmund, where it initially just connected the north and south campuses. This stretch was opened on 2 May 1984 by Dr. Heinz Riesenhuber, and comprised 1.05 kilometres (0.65 mi) of track and two trains. The cost was approximately DM 24,000,000 (€12,270,000), of which 75% was funded by the German Federal Government, 20% by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and 5% by the city of Dortmund.
The longest span between support pillars is 38.5 metres (126.3 ft), where it crosses the university road, which bisects the two campuses. Just beyond the road the H-Bahn crosses through a nature reserve at its maximum elevation of about 16 metres (approx. 50 feet) above ground. In order to prevent passengers getting close to the track at stations, there are platform edge doors between the platform and the track. As soon as the vehicles arrive in the station, doors in the partition open automatically, along with the train car doors.
In 1993, following a three-year construction period, a new 900 m (0.56 mile) long branch was opened, along with two new stations, one in Eichlinghofen and another at the S-Bahn station at Dortmund university. This construction included technology considered to be the first of its kind in Germany. The existing system was renovated, and equipped with technology which allowed determining the train's location with a much higher precision — within 3 cm (1.2 in). These changes allowed for a higher speed, and trains can now also follow each other more closely. Three new carriages were supplied by Siemens. An extension into the nearby technology park was opened on 19 December 2003, which means the current network, including this final 1.2 km (0.75 mi) extension, has a length of 3.162 km (approx. 2 miles). The building of this section cost around €15,500,000.
Line 1 operates between the Technology Park and Eichlinghofen, and during the day carriages arrive every ten minutes, stopping at the university and the S-Bahn stop, where there is a connection every twenty minutes to Dortmund city centre, and Bochum. Two trains serve line 1.
Line 2 is the original line between the North and South campuses of the university, and is served by a third train. A reserve fourth vehicle is available, and there is also a maintenance vehicle.
The Pont Charles-de-Gaulle (Charles-de-Gaulle Bridge) is a steel-reinforced concrete girder bridge straddling the river Seine in the eastern part of Paris. It is a one-way bridge carrying road traffic from the 13th arrondissement to the 12th arrondissement. Another one-way bridge further downstream, Pont d'Austerlitz, carries traffic in the opposite direction. A Europe-wide competition was held in 1987 to determine the best project design. At the conclusion of the competition, the concept set forth by Louis Arretche and Roman Karasinski was chosen for the bridge. The rationale for this choice was that it did not detract from the aesthetic exterior of the Viaduc d'Austerlitz, a structure further downstream, and that it discreetly preserved the existing view of the river.
Foreground: South Quay Footbridge, Wilkinson Eyre Architects, for London Docklands Development Corp., 1997
www.wilkinsoneyre.com/projects/south-quay-footbridge
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Right: Canary Wharf skyscrapers
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Background: Docklands Light Railway (DLR) driverless train leaving Heron Quays DLR Station
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August 2023, iPhone XS Max. Singapore MRT.
The driverless trains are so cool, you can stand at the front of the train and watch the tunnel ahead.
Driving off the station with the Metro line 14. It's one of these driverless (robot?) trains: with a bit of luck you get to sit right behind the windshield which generally is caked with dirt into a terminal state of decrepitude. Taken with a green trim CCTV APS-C lens (35mm f/1.6 or 25mm f/1.8?)
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves and comments, they are always appreciated.
There are 44 stations in the Copenhagen Metro, a driverless rapid transit system serving Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and Tårnby in Denmark. Of the original 22 metro stations, nine are underground, twelve are elevated, and one is at street level.Christianshavn Station offers transfer between the system's two original lines (M1 and M2), which share track between Vanløse and Christianshavn stations. From Christianshavn, M1 branches south traveling to Vestamager Station, while M2 heads southeast to Lufthavnen Station, which serves Copenhagen Airport.
The Copenhagen Metro opened in 2002, with additional stations opening in 2003, and the M2 branch to the airport completed in 2007.[4] M1 and M2 are in total 21 kilometers (13 mi) long, of which 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) is in tunnels and 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) is elevated. It takes 23 minutes to travel on each line from one end to the other.[5] The City Circle Line is intended to form a 15.5-kilometer (9.6 mi) loop around the city center, with a full circumference taking 25 minutes.
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B/W conversion using Silver Efex Pro
The DLR is really cool. Driverless trains and elevated views of Canary Wharf and the City of London.
Beauvais le 08 Octobre 2013. Nous sommes un mardi.
Grisaille d'Automne.
Sujet : Les "Photaumnales", festival photographique.
Hymne donc à la photo. Hymne à des thématiques chaque année renouvelées.
Cette 10ème édition est l’occasion d’une rétrospective des 9 photographes invités à Beauvais depuis 2004, qui présentent un extrait de leur résidence passée.
Pour moi c'est une première.
Je découvre.
Sans fil conducteur sinon que cette cathédrale énorme,
en travaux et quelques photographies superbement exposées, ici et là ...
Beauvais, une ville où les choses semblent un peu figées dans un passé composé.
...
Beauvais 8 October 2013. We are a Tuesday.
Autumn gloom.
Topic: "Photaumnales" photographic festival.
So hymn to the photo. Anthem thematic annually renewed.
This is the 10th occasion of a retrospective of nine photographers invited to Beauvais since 2004, presenting an excerpt from their last residence.
For me this is a first.
I discover.
Driverless except that this huge cathedral thread
under construction and some photographs beautifully exposed here and there ...
Beauvais, a town where things seem a bit frozen in a past tense
Very useful, so I can delete them from my device...
On my walk to collect the Corolla from the repair shop after the stolen driverless Land Rover ran into the back of it in our driveway..
Beauvais le 08 Octobre 2013. Nous sommes un mardi.
Grisaille d'Automne.
Sujet : Les "Photaumnales", festival photographique.
Hymne donc à la photo. Hymne à des thématiques chaque année renouvelées.
Cette 10ème édition est l’occasion d’une rétrospective des 9 photographes invités à Beauvais depuis 2004, qui présentent un extrait de leur résidence passée.
Pour moi c'est une première.
Je découvre.
Sans fil conducteur sinon que cette cathédrale énorme,
en travaux et quelques photographies superbement exposées, ici et là ...
Beauvais, une ville où les choses semblent un peu figées dans un passé composé.
...
Beauvais 8 October 2013. We are a Tuesday.
Autumn gloom.
Topic: "Photaumnales" photographic festival.
So hymn to the photo. Anthem thematic annually renewed.
This is the 10th occasion of a retrospective of nine photographers invited to Beauvais since 2004, presenting an excerpt from their last residence.
For me this is a first.
I discover.
Driverless except that this huge cathedral thread
under construction and some photographs beautifully exposed here and there ...
Beauvais, a town where things seem a bit frozen in a past tense
©Jane Brown2015 All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without explicit written permission.
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we took Elsie out for the day yesterday, which didn't go quite exactly to plan, but was very good anyway. We took the Docklands Light Railway, and as it is driverless and we were quick off the mark, Elsie and I got to be the pretend drivers - which gives a smashing photo opportunity. Elsie took charge of the camera and I steadied Elsie (the railway tracks curve this way and that a bit like a fairground ride) and we decided what to shoot together. We both decided in this one that we wanted the oncoming train to be pretty central.
We did walk the tunnel (as planned) under the Thames and in Greenwich we bought lunch at a street market (P& I had paella, Elsie a savoury crepe) and sat on a wall facing the Cutty Sark to eat. We then walked round the indoor market, part of it is being renovated and caught the DLR back to Stratford. In Westfield we shopped, had a cup of tea and then went to see Inside Out - which Peter and I enjoyed, and so did Elsie but we felt it was a little sophisticated for her. Afterwards we met up with Ben, Abby and Roxy in Neighbourhood for a meal - and Roxy slept through Friday night celebrations in a noisy atmosphere!
Metro-Cammell 3 car set arrives at Glasgow Buchanan street. These sets built by Metro Cammell in 1977-79 are due for replacement by the new Stadler four car sets. These will by Driverless UTO (Unattended Train Operation)
Personal automated electrocar for those who wants more safe and comfortable way to travel around than usual cabs.
Yeah, I know, it looks like grown-up futuristic go-kart. Originally in my mind driverless taxi and this was the same vehicle, but it separated to two different models during building process.
Rio Tinto 8151, 9435 en 7067 zijn met een lege ertstrein op weg naar een van de ertsmijnen rond om Tom Price.
29 oktober 2023, Warlu road, Cooya Pooya.
Rio Tinto 7055, 7066 and 8121 with an empty Iron Ore train on their way to on of the Iron Ore mines in the Pilbarra.
October 29, 2023, Warlu road, Cooya Pooya.
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Copenhagen's metro is equipped with automatic driverless trains.
Поезда метро в Копенгагене ходят автоматически, без машинистов.
Entre deux expositions ...
Beauvais le 08 Octobre 2013. Nous sommes un mardi.
Grisaille d'Automne.
Sujet : Les "Photaumnales", festival photographique.
Hymne donc à la photo. Hymne à des thématiques chaque année renouvelées.
Cette 10ème édition est l’occasion d’une rétrospective des 9 photographes invités à Beauvais depuis 2004, qui présentent un extrait de leur résidence passée.
Pour moi c'est une première.
Je découvre.
Sans fil conducteur sinon que cette cathédrale énorme,
en travaux et quelques photographies superbement exposées, ici et là ...
Entre autre à la Galerie Nationale de la Tapisserie
Beauvais, une ville où les choses semblent un peu figées dans un passé composé.
...
Beauvais 8 October 2013. We are a Tuesday.
Autumn gloom.
Topic: "Photaumnales" photographic festival.
So hymn to the photo. Anthem thematic annually renewed.
This is the 10th occasion of a retrospective of nine photographers invited to Beauvais since 2004, presenting an excerpt from their last residence.
For me this is a first.
I discover.
Driverless except that this huge cathedral thread
under construction and some photographs beautifully exposed here and there ...
Beauvais, a town where things seem a bit frozen in a past tense
Sydney Metro Opening.
Chatswood to Sydenham.
From the outback to the big smoke, venturing into Sydney for the opening of the newest edition to Sydney Metro.
Jen and I got off and on all the stations and checked out the architecture and art work.
Quite a nice addition to the city transport needs moving people efficiently and keeping vehicle congestion at bay.
The first service of the day on the other end of the line left Tallawong in the city's north-west at 4:38am.
Originally the driverless line only ran from Tallawong to Chatswood, with construction of the new 15.5 kilometre section started in 2017.
The story behind the art and architecture inside Sydney Metro's new city stations
Photo shows Wall art of a tunnel inside a train station.Wall art of a tunnel inside a train station.
The train stations of Sydney's CBD have been little more than grubby pit stops, but those behind the new metro project hope that its gleaming stations with architectural-scale artworks will have commuters looking twice.
The wider service will stop at metro stations throughout the city including Chatswood, Crows Nest, Victoria Cross, Barangaroo, Martin Place, Gadigal, Central and Waterloo before terminating at Sydenham.
Sydney Metro's newest train line runs under the harbour bridge and through the heart of the city.
The extended section of the M1 line is up and running after the opening of the $21.6 billion project was delayed last week due to safety regulator approvals.
Well, I took the brandnew - driverless - Kajang MRT-line to 1-Utama to look at my favorite Rooftop Botanical Garden... but it's open only on the weekends. So after a coffee in the Rainforest (including waterfalls!) in the middle of the enormous shopping mall, I hurried back to the Taman Botani Perdana (once called the Taman Tasik Perdana). Now it prides itself on being a botanical garden.
It's a pretty place and there are lots of colors but many of them are those of non-native plants such as these bright Chrysanthemums, originally from China and Japan.
The enormous tree is a wonderful Burmese Rosewood, Pterocarpus indicus. In the background you can just see some beds of Orchids. After a rest in the shade, I made my way back to my quarters to prepare for a few long-haul flights...
The Dubai Metro is a driverless, fully automated metro rail network in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai.
A découvrir : Tina Merandon
Petit échantillon ...
Beauvais le 08 Octobre 2013. Nous sommes un mardi.
Grisaille d'Automne.
Sujet : Les "Photaumnales", festival photographique.
Hymne donc à la photo. Hymne à des thématiques chaque année renouvelées.
Cette 10ème édition est l’occasion d’une rétrospective des 9 photographes invités à Beauvais depuis 2004, qui présentent un extrait de leur résidence passée.
Pour moi c'est une première.
Je découvre.
Sans fil conducteur sinon que cette cathédrale énorme,
en travaux et quelques photographies superbement exposées, ici et là ...
Entre autre à la Galerie Nationale de la Tapisserie
Beauvais, une ville où les choses semblent un peu figées dans un passé composé.
...
Beauvais 8 October 2013. We are a Tuesday.
Autumn gloom.
Topic: "Photaumnales" photographic festival.
So hymn to the photo. Anthem thematic annually renewed.
This is the 10th occasion of a retrospective of nine photographers invited to Beauvais since 2004, presenting an excerpt from their last residence.
For me this is a first.
I discover.
Driverless except that this huge cathedral thread
under construction and some photographs beautifully exposed here and there ...
Beauvais, a town where things seem a bit frozen in a past tense
© photo rights reserved by B℮n
In 1819, Sir Thomas Raffles negotiated a treaty whereby Johor allowed the British to locate a trading port on the island. The Sultan of Johor is the sovereign ruler of the Malaysian state of Johor. It all was leading to the establishment of the British colony of Singapore in 1819. The port was strategically located along the main trade route between India and China. Singapore became an independent republic in 1965. Nowadays the country has become one of the world's most prosperous nations, with a highly developed free market economy and strong international trading links. Tourism in Singapore is a major industry and is the 5th most visited city in the world. Along with this, it also has one of the world's lowest crime rates. Public transport is easy when visiting Singapore. This includes the well-known Mass Rapid Transit system. MRT trains are fully automated without driver! Singapore is a green and clean city. It is also full of natural attractions and cultural heritage sites, from botanic gardens and nature parks to temples and museums. Chinatown is a small piece of China in the heart of Singapore. Once an enclave for Singapore’s Chinese immigrant population, the Chinatown of today is much-beloved for its blend of old and new, with historic temples and traditional medicinal halls sitting alongside hip new bars and lifestyle shops. You also can't miss the three monstrous towers of Marina Bay Sands which stand at the Marina Bay waterfront. Apart from the casino, the Marina Bay Sands also has a shopping mall, resorts, museums, theatres, an ice skating rink, and a Skydeck with an infinity pool. Next to the hotel are the Gardens by the Bay. The beautiful Gardens by the Bay light up in the evening with a free light and sound show. But the park consists of much more. There are three gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden. In addition, there are two conservatories with botanical gardens, and the SuperTree Grove, with its well-known OCBC Skywalk. Definitely worth a visit.
Getting around Singapore by MRT (train) is simple. Singapore's public transport system is fast and efficient, and brings you to memorable attractions in no time. Take a refreshing walk in the award-winning Gardens by the Bay of Singapore. Of the 18 Supertrees in Gardens 12 of them can be found here above at Supertree Grove, with the tallest one measuring up to 50 metres tall. The Supertrees come alive with an exhilarating display of lights and sounds at night. See the gardens from a different point of view from the OCBC Skywalk. Beside the Supertree Grove there are beautiful inspiring gardens. Set in the heart of the city, this green space comprises three beautiful waterfront gardens of total 101 hectares.
In 1819 onderhandelde Sir Thomas Raffles over een verdrag waarbij Johor de Britten toestond een handelshaven op het eiland te vestigen. De Sultan van Johor is de soevereine heerser van de Maleisische staat Johor. Het leidde allemaal tot de oprichting van de Britse kolonie Singapore in 1819. De haven was strategisch gelegen langs de belangrijkste handelsroute tussen India en China. Singapore werd in 1965 een onafhankelijke republiek. Tegenwoordig is het land één van de meest welvarende landen ter wereld geworden, met een hoog ontwikkelde vrije markteconomie en sterke internationale handelsbanden. Toerisme in Singapore is een belangrijke industrie en is de 5e meest bezochte stad ter wereld. Daarnaast heeft het ook één van 's werelds laagste misdaadcijfers. Openbaar vervoer is eenvoudig tijdens een bezoek aan Singapore. MRT-treinen zijn volledig geautomatiseerd zonder machinist ! Singapore is een groene en schone stad. Het staat ook vol met natuurlijke attracties en culturele erfgoedsites, van botanische tuinen en natuurparken tot tempels en musea. Ook kun je de drie monsterlijke torens van Marina Bay Sands die aan de waterkant van Marina Bay staan niet missen. Naast het casino heeft het Marina Bay Sands ook een winkelcentrum, resorts, musea, theaters, een ijsbaan en een Skydeck met een overloopzwembad met prachtig uitzicht op de stad. Naast het hotel liggen de Gardens by the Bay. De prachtige tuinen by the Bay lichten 's avonds op door een gratis licht en geluidsshow. Maar het park bestaat dus uit veel meer. Zo zijn er drie tuinen: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden. Daarnaast zijn er twee conservatoria met botanische tuinen, en de SuperTree Grove natuurlijk, met zijn bekende OCBC Skywalk. Zeker een bezoekje waard.
The driverless metro in Copenhagen. The best expericene with metros so far - but during the night there a lot people who work on that.
Hand held long exposures at the metro! Can it get more fun?
Did some tweaking in noise, contrast, sharpness and shadows. Nothing added or left out.. Had some stray light problems all around but it kind of added to the high speed feel..
If you need sound to go:-)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ValyuonQdZs
Wiki:
Copenhagen Metro (Danish: Københavns Metro) is a rapid transit system serving the cities of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, and Tårnby in Greater Copenhagen, Denmark.
The 20.4-kilometre (12.7 mi) system opened between 2002 and 2007, and has two lines, M1 and M2. The driverless light metro supplements the larger S-train rapid transit system, and is integrated with DSB local trains and Movia buses. Through the city center and west to Frederiksberg, M1 and M2 share a common line. To the southeast, the system serves Amager, with the 13.9-kilometre (8.6 mi)[2] M1 running though the new neighborhood of Ørestad, and the 14.2-kilometre (8.8 mi) M2 serving the eastern neighborhoods and Copenhagen Airport. The metro has 22 stations, of which nine are underground. In 2013, the metro carried 55 million passengers.
The new driverless Metro extension opened in August, 2024. Thought I'd check out the new station under Central. SWISH!
Seventeen new trains will be built: these will feature the potential for driverless operation, as well as wider gangways for wheelchairs. The new trains will be the same length and size as the current trains, but will be made up of 4 carriages rather than the present 3.
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In 1819, Sir Thomas Raffles negotiated a treaty whereby Johor allowed the British to locate a trading port on the island. The Sultan of Johor is the sovereign ruler of the Malaysian state of Johor. It all was leading to the establishment of the British colony of Singapore in 1819. The port was strategically located along the main trade route between India and China. Singapore became an independent republic in 1965. Nowadays the country has become one of the world's most prosperous nations, with a highly developed free market economy and strong international trading links. Tourism in Singapore is a major industry and is the 5th most visited city in the world. Along with this, it also has one of the world's lowest crime rates. Public transport is easy when visiting Singapore. This includes the well-known Mass Rapid Transit system. MRT trains are fully automated without driver! Singapore is a green and clean city. It is also full of natural attractions and cultural heritage sites, from botanic gardens and nature parks to temples and museums. Chinatown is a small piece of China in the heart of Singapore. Once an enclave for Singapore’s Chinese immigrant population, the Chinatown of today is much-beloved for its blend of old and new, with historic temples and traditional medicinal halls sitting alongside hip new bars and lifestyle shops. You also can't miss the three monstrous towers of Marina Bay Sands which stand at the Marina Bay waterfront. Apart from the casino, the Marina Bay Sands also has a shopping mall, resorts, museums, theatres, an ice skating rink, and a Skydeck with an infinity pool. Next to the hotel are the Gardens by the Bay. The beautiful Gardens by the Bay light up in the evening with a free light and sound show. But the park consists of much more. There are three gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden. In addition, there are two conservatories with botanical gardens, and the SuperTree Grove, with its well-known OCBC Skywalk. Definitely worth a visit.
Getting around Singapore by MRT (train) is simple. Singapore's public transport system is fast and efficient, and brings you to memorable attractions in no time. Take a refreshing walk in the award-winning Gardens by the Bay of Singapore. Of the 18 Supertrees in Gardens 12 of them can be found here above at Supertree Grove, with the tallest one measuring up to 50 metres tall. The Supertrees come alive with an exhilarating display of lights and sounds at night. See the gardens from a different point of view from the OCBC Skywalk. Beside the Supertree Grove there are beautiful inspiring gardens. Set in the heart of the city, this green space comprises three beautiful waterfront gardens of total 101 hectares.
In 1819 onderhandelde Sir Thomas Raffles over een verdrag waarbij Johor de Britten toestond een handelshaven op het eiland te vestigen. De Sultan van Johor is de soevereine heerser van de Maleisische staat Johor. Het leidde allemaal tot de oprichting van de Britse kolonie Singapore in 1819. De haven was strategisch gelegen langs de belangrijkste handelsroute tussen India en China. Singapore werd in 1965 een onafhankelijke republiek. Tegenwoordig is het land één van de meest welvarende landen ter wereld geworden, met een hoog ontwikkelde vrije markteconomie en sterke internationale handelsbanden. Toerisme in Singapore is een belangrijke industrie en is de 5e meest bezochte stad ter wereld. Daarnaast heeft het ook één van 's werelds laagste misdaadcijfers. Openbaar vervoer is eenvoudig tijdens een bezoek aan Singapore. MRT-treinen zijn volledig geautomatiseerd zonder machinist ! Singapore is een groene en schone stad. Het staat ook vol met natuurlijke attracties en culturele erfgoedsites, van botanische tuinen en natuurparken tot tempels en musea. Ook kun je de drie monsterlijke torens van Marina Bay Sands die aan de waterkant van Marina Bay staan niet missen. Naast het casino heeft het Marina Bay Sands ook een winkelcentrum, resorts, musea, theaters, een ijsbaan en een Skydeck met een overloopzwembad met prachtig uitzicht op de stad. Naast het hotel liggen de Gardens by the Bay. De prachtige tuinen by the Bay lichten 's avonds op door een gratis licht en geluidsshow. Maar het park bestaat dus uit veel meer. Zo zijn er drie tuinen: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden. Daarnaast zijn er twee conservatoria met botanische tuinen, en de SuperTree Grove natuurlijk, met zijn bekende OCBC Skywalk. Zeker een bezoekje waard.