malta had a railway till 1930s but was abandoned and parts of it built
over when busses were introduced. Today

busses are being caught in rush hour traffic. often one dreams of
having a small urban railway like those in mainland europe.

how difficult would it be to implement a railway/subway into an
existing built up island city like malta?
the area involved is roughly the size of London. Ideally it would be
hidden underground but for practical reasons the project would have to
be done in 3/4 years - could a surface rail system be done in this
amount of time (& how long would an underground take)?

how much do you think it would cost for the track & trains & stations?


also , how much of the area already reached by bus service would you
try to include in the rail service?since the train is bound to pass
near homes is there technology today to keep the inconvenience of noise
to compareable level of road traffic?

thanks
Simon

in case you are not familiar with malta layout,i have provided some
links to background info

http://www.sealairyachts.com/images/maps/malta2.gif
http://www.maltarailway.com/
http://website.lineone.net/~edwardsr/mtrailalb.html
http://ispl.nextgen.net.mt/other/mal...s_in_malta.asp