The title of this post is slightly misleading. It should rather be “Lack of Level Crossings”. Metro Railways and Level Crossings are not necessarily “natural enemies” – they just don’t fit together very well. It’s a bit like wanting to have a pedestrian crossing on a freeway. Two things happen, or maybe three: It is […]

In this second post of the mini-series about what features make a metro railway, let’s see how timetable planning can improve metro-style operations. Turn up and go The transition of a historically evolved suburban railway system to a metro-style operation is a major step change which may require a close look (and potential slaughter) of […]

This will be a new mini-series within this blog, discussing various aspects of a high performance railway, often called Metro, in simple-to-understand terms. Hope you enjoy. The main purpose of a Metro is the efficient transport of passengers on trains. Only logical then to look at requirements for trains first, what they need to feature […]