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On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:16:12 +0100, Someone Somewhere
wrote:
On 20/08/2012 14:42, Graham Harrison wrote:
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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

San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The one passenger train service in the country
runs daily along tracks that were colonised by the surrounding market when
the service was suspended about 5 years ago. The rest of the time, vendors
spread their wares right across the tracks.

The train consists of two ageless coaches between two large diesel locos.

It could give rise to a new form of train robbery: train shoplifting, by
grabbing stuff through the windows. Except that the train goes at about
jogging pace, so you'd get caught.

Colin McKenzie.

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