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On 20/08/2012 14:42, Graham Harrison wrote:

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On 17/08/2012 11:30, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 17/08/2012 11:15, wrote:
Occassionally the Daily Mail come up with some gems:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...times-day.html


This is a hardy perenial. Someone at the Wail is obviously bored.

I have seen videos of trains going through that market before. Are
there any other trains that go through such built up areas or
something similar?

I know that there is the South Shore Line from Chicago into India,
which runs at street levels via some residential areas, for example.

Ahem ... India? Indiana maybe? Mind you nothing like what it once
was and they keep talking about rerouting out of the streets of Michigan
City.


It does depend on definition. I came across 2 lines in Japan, one in
Tokyo (Toden Arakawa line) and one in Kyoto (Randen) which use tram like
cars but run largely on private RoW but short sections of street running.

What about Aguas Calientes in Peru? There's no road there and the main
street of the town is dominated by the railway that runs straight through
it

Absolutely.

In the days when the trains in Peru were run by the government they ran a
daily train from Cusco to Puno on the shores of Lake Titicaca ( went on it
in late 1979). Once a week the train ran on, from the station, through the
streets of Puno to connect with the overnight boat to Bolivia. I think the
tracks are still there but I'm not sure how much use they get.