Why doesn't the UK take monorails seriously?

[RestlessNatives]

Can't speak for the rest of the UK but the SMB have always been keen advocates.

Why doesn't the UK take monorails seriously?

A proposal to build a monorail in Derby received a lukewarm reception. Does the technology have an image problem?

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Deleted User 2893]

Can't speak for the rest of the UK but the SMB have always been keen advocates.

Why doesn't the UK take monorails seriously?

A proposal to build a monorail in Derby received a lukewarm reception. Does the technology have an image problem?

www.bbc.co.uk

I think Lyle Lanley caused a few people to doubt them.

 

[PTR]

Possibly due to the risk the track might bend

 

[daveydavey]

We'd have to build twice over the river , it'll never ever happen in Sunderland. It would take something like the new Dell consortium to lose their mind and for some reason be adamant about building a monorail with private investment

 

[Lewberry pie]

Possibly due to the risk the track might bend

Not on your life

 

[RestlessNatives]

We'd have to build twice over the river , it'll never ever happen in Sunderland. It would take something like the new Dell consortium to lose their mind and for some reason be adamant about building a monorail with private investment

Why build over the river when we already have detailed plans for an underwater monorail?

 

[5underland]

We cannit get the bloody metro to work on time let alone another transport system!

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Can't speak for the rest of the UK but the SMB have always been keen advocates.

Why doesn't the UK take monorails seriously?

A proposal to build a monorail in Derby received a lukewarm reception. Does the technology have an image problem?

www.bbc.co.uk

Absolutely. It put Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook on the map, so why not us?

 

[daveydavey]

Sky lift is the better option for the city

 

[Dogbark]

Why build over the river when we already have detailed plans for an underwater monorail?

Glass tunnel?

 

[ivanthereasonable]

Worrabout a pedestrian tunnel to, city centre to Bob's statue ? Bit like the tyne tunnel. That seems to work quite well.

 

[Cockney Mackem]

Worrabout a pedestrian tunnel to, city centre to Bob's statue ? Bit like the tyne tunnel. That seems to work quite well.

Put a massive travelator in it to speed things up

 

[Space Hopper]

I love making jokes about monorails, they make the best one-liners.

 

[cornish mackem]

Worrabout a pedestrian tunnel to, city centre to Bob's statue ? Bit like the tyne tunnel. That seems to work quite well.

I don’t think the rivers wide enough to need a tunnel

 

[Edinburgh Black Cat]

Can't hear monorail without thinking of Alton Towers or The Simpsons

 

[EcosseMackem]

Monorails are so 80’s
Funicular rail systems like the one we have here in the Cairngorms are just so much better and far more reliable

Ermmm - wait a minute...............

 

[Deleted User 11453]

One of these bad boys along the river.

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[daveydavey]

Was trying to think if a ferry service would benefit the city, maybe from the twin Pallion / North Hylton retail parks to the Marina

 

[forzamilansafc]

One of these bad boys along the river.

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Clear your PM’s

 

[wigwams]

Because we’re getting a jet pack each silly