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Berlin still has them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxYiz4knmkU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxYiz4knmkU

by est31 7y ago

twic 7y ago
If i understand correctly, one of the distinctive things about New York's elevated railways is that they ran on top of roads: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevated_railway#/media/File:Roosevelt-avenue-queens-nyc_cars_driving-under-elevated-railway-line_1980s.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevated_railway#/media/File:R... Whereas that line in Berlin looks like it's on a viaduct. Lines on viaducts are all over the place, including in London: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_%E2%80%93_Greenwich_Railway_Viaduct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_%E2%80%93_Greenw... As in Berlin, and i'm sure everywhere, the arches get used as commercial or industrial premises. We have a particular fetish for putting craft breweries in them: https://www.beervanablog.com/beervana/2019/9/12/Londons-railway-arch-breweries https://www.beervanablog.com/beervana/2019/9/12/Londons-rail...
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brmgb 7y ago
Paris too ! They are currently doing work on them and the operator has put some cool videos online : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKVTfpzx7XQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKVTfpzx7XQ
usr1106 7y ago
Els running on traditional steel structures can be pretty noisy. Using concrete structures could cause a lot of shading to the streets below I feel. I wonder why this system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppertal_Suspension_Railway https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppertal_Suspension_Railway has been used only once worldwide.
Fripplebubby 7y ago
And so indeed does New York - sections of various lines run aboveground over the streets. Parts of the BMT from this article still exist, but mostly aligned to and from Manhattan rather than across the borough itself.
- rauchp 7y ago
  I thought so. Reading this article I could have sworn there are of the subway to Queens from Manhattan being above-ground. Not sure why the article wouldn't mention that? The article is about New York, not Manhattan, so I'm not sure what they meant by a "forgotten" elevated subway.

Berlin still has them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxYiz4knmkU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxYiz4knmkU

by est31 7y ago

Berlin still has them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxYiz4knmkU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxYiz4knmkU

twic 7y ago

If i understand correctly, one of the distinctive things about New York's elevated railways is that they ran on top of roads: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevated_railway#/media/File:Roosevelt-avenue-queens-nyc_cars_driving-under-elevated-railway-line_1980s.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevated_railway#/media/File:R... Whereas that line in Berlin looks like it's on a viaduct. Lines on viaducts are all over the place, including in London: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_%E2%80%93_Greenwich_Railway_Viaduct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_%E2%80%93_Greenw... As in Berlin, and i'm sure everywhere, the arches get used as commercial or industrial premises. We have a particular fetish for putting craft breweries in them: https://www.beervanablog.com/beervana/2019/9/12/Londons-railway-arch-breweries https://www.beervanablog.com/beervana/2019/9/12/Londons-rail...

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brmgb 7y ago

Paris too ! They are currently doing work on them and the operator has put some cool videos online : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKVTfpzx7XQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKVTfpzx7XQ

usr1106 7y ago

Els running on traditional steel structures can be pretty noisy. Using concrete structures could cause a lot of shading to the streets below I feel. I wonder why this system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppertal_Suspension_Railway https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppertal_Suspension_Railway has been used only once worldwide.

Fripplebubby 7y ago

And so indeed does New York - sections of various lines run aboveground over the streets. Parts of the BMT from this article still exist, but mostly aligned to and from Manhattan rather than across the borough itself.

rauchp 7y ago
I thought so. Reading this article I could have sworn there are of the subway to Queens from Manhattan being above-ground. Not sure why the article wouldn't mention that? The article is about New York, not Manhattan, so I'm not sure what they meant by a "forgotten" elevated subway.