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Discussie in 'Miniature Railways' gestart door Hicks19862, 22 feb 2023.

  1. Hicks19862

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    Looks like the green light has been given to a proposed miniature railway in Cromer.

    Plans to run from the zoo to a location in the town centre.
     
    Hicks19862, 22 feb 2023
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    goldfish Nat Pres stalwart

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    That's interesting.
     
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    Not sure what gauge this will be
     
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    7 1/4"
     
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    If it’s going to act as a form of public transport, moving people from the zoo car park to close to the town centre, 7 1/4 inch seems a strange gauge.
     
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    Mmm. Personal opinion, no inside knowledge, but I suspect the notion of this railway becoming a form of public transport is a flight of fancy, perhaps on the part of the local media. The railway's website makes no mention of it. It appears to be going to run from a not especially easy to get to site to somewhere not exactly close to the town centre and quite away from the sea, a journey few would need to make.

    Or maybe they felt they had to push the idea of public transport to get permission? I don't know.

    This is not to knock the railway. As a bit of fun, a tourist attraction: great. Every town should have one. I support it and will visit. As "public transport" I really can't see it.

    https://www.cromerlightrailway.co.uk (note that the photos are not at Cromer, they are at Ashmanhaugh, its predecessor).

    It might serve to take people to the zoo rather than from it?
     
    kscanes, 20 mrt 2023
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    SpudUk, Hicks19862 en goldfish vinden dit leuk.

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