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[email protected] June 4th 16 04:26 PM
Which bus has the steepest climb?
 
214 or W5, I would imagine.

[email protected] June 4th 16 04:27 PM
Which bus has the steepest climb?
 
On 31.05.16 21:19, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:31:56
on Tue, 31 May 2016, remarked:
A while ago I got on a bus which went to Mill Hill East. It went
up and
up and up and up.

But which bus route has the highest vertical climb?

The road from Anerley to Crystal Palace Parade is one of the
steepest.

I used to often take the 249, which includes the steep climb past the
Rookery, between Streatham and Crown Point. Some buses strain a bit
going up that.

Dog Kennel Hill was famous for the special arrangements for the trams to
cope with the steep gradient. But there seem to be no special
arrangements
since the trams were replaced by buses.

The steepest hills I've seen trams operating on are in Lisbon. Some of
them are simply amazing.
Those are essentially fuiculars, are they not?

Has anybody even been on Tram Opicina, in Trieste?

Someone Somewhere June 5th 16 08:04 AM
Which bus has the steepest climb?
 
On 04/06/2016 17:27, wrote:
On 31.05.16 21:19, Roland Perry wrote

The steepest hills I've seen trams operating on are in Lisbon. Some of
them are simply amazing.
Those are essentially fuiculars, are they not?


Well they have what are essentially funiculars, but they also have
normal trams which seem to manage gradiants that you would not expect.

Arthur Figgis June 5th 16 09:42 AM
Which bus has the steepest climb?
 
On 04/06/2016 17:27, wrote:

Has anybody even been on Tram Opicina, in Trieste?

Yes.

(otherwise it would have closed down years ago, etc etc)
--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

[email protected] June 5th 16 10:53 AM
Which bus has the steepest climb?
 
On 05.06.16 9:04, Someone Somewhere wrote:
On 04/06/2016 17:27, wrote:
On 31.05.16 21:19, Roland Perry wrote

The steepest hills I've seen trams operating on are in Lisbon. Some of
them are simply amazing.
Those are essentially fuiculars, are they not?


Well they have what are essentially funiculars, but they also have
normal trams which seem to manage gradiants that you would not expect.

Must visit there at some point as people say that Lisbon is indeed a
great town.

[email protected] June 5th 16 02:44 PM
Which bus has the steepest climb?
 
In article , () wrote:

On 05.06.16 9:04, Someone Somewhere wrote:
On 04/06/2016 17:27, wrote:
On 31.05.16 21:19, Roland Perry wrote

The steepest hills I've seen trams operating on are in Lisbon. Some of
them are simply amazing.

Those are essentially fuiculars, are they not?

Well they have what are essentially funiculars, but they also have
normal trams which seem to manage gradiants that you would not expect.

Must visit there at some point as people say that Lisbon is indeed a
great town.

Seconded. I've been, but many years ago. I should go again.

--
Colin Rosenstiel


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