In article , Steve Naïve
wrote:
Michael Bell wrote in
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It seems to me that there is a great need for means to link
the dozens of pairs of stations in London and elsewhere where the
two stations are just too far apart to be considered "the same
place", and too far apart to walk conveniently between. The legacy of
the railway politics of the 19th century!

Do you have examples?

Putney and East Putney.


What means of transport could link such pairs? It would be
nice to have a standard thing which could be widely used.

A bus?

Crew = costs. With the waiting time, and the traffic, they will always
be slower than a cable car.


There may be other ways of doing it, but I want to explore the
possibilities of bi-cable gondelbahnen/cableways (Sorry, I am not sure
of the English word) as used, for example, in ski-resorts.

Cable Cars (as you wrote in the subject).

Cableways can go up and down steep gradients, that's their
function in ski resorts. Pairs of stations often have a large height
difference between them. Speed is adequate for such short distances.

Do we have lots of steep gradients in London?

Again, Putney and East Putney


No doubt a lorry could be fitted inside with rails
and overhead cable so that the cars could be run into it over a
special route and taken away to be maintained at a central depot.

Is this workable?

No.


Do you mean the idea of transporting cars to a central depot is
unworkable, or the whole idea is unworkable?

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Michael Bell