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Sydney's Light Rail system runs from Central Station to Lillyfield. This is one the Light rail vehicles or tram that services the line.
Liberty State Park Station is the last station before the Bayonne and West Side Avenues divide. 20 August 2001. © 2014 Peter Ehrlich
Car 1 is finishing up a training run for the 1983 Trolley Festival. HDR image with super-dramatic sky. June 6, 1983. © 2014 Peter Ehrlich
short term transportation experiment or long term solution? time will tell. either way it's fun riding the light rail.
Above the railwaytrack of the lightrailtrain of the RandstadRail in The Hague.
This part of the track is in a tube called "de sok" (The sock).
Crossing the busy main shopping street in Dublin. The John Gray statue is on the right, one of many statues in Ireland's capital. 18 April 2014. © 2014 Peter Ehrlich
This May, 2009 TBARTA map reveals the latest study for Tampa Bay area public transportation. The red lines trace the paths of possible light rail lines, the other color paths are for buses, etc. Some red paths piggy-back on existing bridge and throughway routes, while others seem to assume that CSX Transportation freight trains will abandon their remaining Pinellas County rights of way.
Trouble is, this system wouldn't be completed until the year 2035, and who knows what the commuting needs would be by then? Anyway, since the weight class of commuter light rail is closer to street cars than to interstate trains, it seems the era of true passenger trains in Pinellas County permanently ended in 1984. Courtesy TBARTA
Caught a glimpse of LRV2101 at the Corner of George and Hay Streets, Sydney on 8 April 2011. Short photo essay as she makes her way to Central Station along Hay Street.
Passengers organised 2101 moves off towards the Railway Concourse. Harry's Cafe de Wheels in the background.
A much-cropped view from the inbound platform at 29th Street. December 26, 2018. ∂ 2019 Peter Ehrlich
Sydney Light Rail Variotram no.2101 bound for Dulwich Hill Station at corner of Pitt Street and Hay Street. Taken 4:55pm 07/07/2014.
Sydney, Australia
LRV 2111 in the distance along Hay Street, towards Central Station. On the left is the shop front where a coach collected a pedestrian, the awning has now been removed.
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Planners want Kirn light rail station to have an indelible identity
By Debbie Messina
The Virginian-Pilot
© May 11, 2008
NORFOLK
St. Louis has an arch. Seattle has a fish market. Savannah has a series of civic squares.
Downtowners say one thing that's missing in the city's urban revitalization is an iconic public gathering spot that gives Norfolk an unmistakable identity and sense of place.
Planners want to create that place around a light-rail station that will be built on the site of Kirn Memorial Library.
"What we're lacking downtown, really, is that identifier," said Cathy Coleman, president of Downtown Norfolk Council.
Preliminary drawings by Ray Gindroz, the city's urban design consultant, depict a busy public area with benches, covered pavilions, and coffee and newsstand kiosks surrounding a light-rail station. He characterized it as the "heart" of the city.
The sketches were enthusiastically received last week at a meeting of the Downtown Norfolk Council, an agency that promotes downtown.
Some elements of the rendering - such as a tall clock tower - drew a mixed reaction.
Until now, the vision for the rail station has been an office tower built over a ground-level rail station. Frank Duke, city planning director, said the site isn't large enough to support an office building.
The station is the first downtown stop, after City Hall, on the light-rail line as it enters from the east. Light rail will extend from Newtown Road through downtown to the Eastern Virginia Medical Center. It's expected to open in early 2010.
"This is an opportunity to be the lobby for downtown, downtown's foyer, an entry point," Coleman said.
Duke said plans for the MacArthur station need to tie in the architecture and activities found in the MacArthur Memorial, MacArthur Center and the historic Seaboard building, where Kirn will be relocated.
Duke said the preliminary drawing may include too much. His department is presenting Gindroz's sketches in various forums to get feedback.
"We want to know what people like and don't like, then we can begin scaling this back," Duke said.
At the Downtown Norfolk Council event, suggestions included adding chess boards and a ticket/information center for cultural, entertainment and sports activities.
Kevin Murphy, president of the Downtown Civic League, likes the concept but would like to see more personality.
"Now it looks rather bland," he said. "You couldn't tell if it's Charlotte, North Carolina, or Norfolk, Virginia."
The station site is being developed as part of the city's 2020 master plan for downtown. Because the ideas are preliminary, there are no cost estimates. While Hampton Roads Transit's $232.1 million light-rail budget will pay for the station, the public square will be funded by the city.
The downtown master plan is being developed around light rail, Duke said.
"Light rail builds connections between downtown and the neighborhoods," he said. "And if you can't build those connections and linkages, then you can't sustain downtown."
A draft of the plan is expected in the fall, Duke said.
Debbie Messina, (757) 446-2588, debbie.messina@pilotonline.com
The lightrail network around Karlsruhe, operated by the Albtal Verkehrsgesellschafft, is a natural wonder. Routes strech for 500 kms around this prosperous city, including route S41 to Freudenstadt. This two car train is at Weissenbach in the Murg Valley (Murgtal). In the background is Burg Eberstein.