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Examples of light railway


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The problem is not just that my authority has to find £368,000 this year; the lightrailway system is a multi-million pound project.
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My authority was assured that the provision of a lightrailway system would not be taken into account for poll tax capping.
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The docklands lightrailway will not be enough; we all know that.
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We already know that, in the long term, the docklands lightrailway will not be adequate for the traffic it must carry.
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The penalty on the docklands lightrailway or the buses is £5.
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So why will inspectors be on very busy tube lines in the rush hour but not on the docklands lightrailway?
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One of the problems with lightrailway systems is that they are chronically expensive when compared to alternative systems.
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Ten or 12 years later they were still carrying on and building the lightrailway to carry passengers between certain towns.
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I thought it was originally 1913 when the powers were applied for to build this lightrailway.
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However, that seems wholly inappropriate in the context of modern tramcar and lightrailway vehicles.
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Being designed as a lightrailway system, the wheels are not of heavy steel and are much noisier than heavy steel gauge systems.
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That frequently occurs on preserved railway schemes which are subject to lightrailway orders.
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Local people do not have any faith in the docklands lightrailway system.
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They are roads by which a great deal of traffic may be collected, and sometimes that is a great advantage to a lightrailway itself.
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I believe this lightrailway passing through that district will contribute largely to a further supply of cotton for our markets.
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If they thought it appropriate, they could ask my right honourable friend for his authorisation to operate the line as a lightrailway.
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The external finance limit of the docklands lightrailway was reduced by £500,000 from £38,900,000 to £38,400,000.
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We have the supposed announcement of the extension of the docklands lightrailway accompanied by some interesting figures.
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There is a slow transformation from the heavy rail system at one end to the miniature lightrailway at the other.
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The ratio between the revenue costs and the farebox of the docklands lightrailway was 4.3:1 in the last financial year.
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It is expected that the decision letters relating to both the planning appeal and the lightrailway order will be dispatched in the near future.
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That requires planning permission and a lightrailway order.
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It does not augur well judging how tender the lightrailway authorities will be with the huge volume that will be involved.
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The scheme provides for free travel for pass holders on buses, the underground, the docklands lightrailway and other rail services.
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It can bring considerable benefits, as it has done in the case of the docklands lightrailway.
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Construction time is important when we consider the safety of the operation of the lightrailway and the volume of traffic using the roads.
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I welcome the extensions to the tube lines and lightrailway.
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We have already seen the beginning of a new era of lightrailway building.
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The docklands lightrailway was welcome, but it is not safe transport.
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I have no doubt that it was believed that the lightrailway would solve all the problems.
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He recognised, for example, that the docklands lightrailway has such adaptations.
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Operating the line as a lightrailway is only one of a number of options.
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It must be equally horrible on the docklands lightrailway.
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The docklands lightrailway is a bold and imaginative project, as has been said in the debate.
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Massive increases in land values will enable the cost of the docklands lightrailway to be met without a call on taxpayers or ratepayers.
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It is sufficient to say that the provision of the docklands lightrailway is enhancing land values.
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We have achieved that with the docklands lightrailway.
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I have not yet received any formal proposals for an eastern extension of the docklands lightrailway.
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The lightrailway would come to an end and then start again about a mile further on.
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The docklands lightrailway proves the point, and it is going from strength to strength.
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I can see the case for an imaginative new bridge, incorporating a lightrailway, a bus lane, a cycle lane and provision for pedestrians.
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Most interestingly, the docklands lightrailway has wheelchair access from station to platform at every station.
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It seems unreasonable that the lightrailway that belonged to a municipal authority should have an advantage over the other lightrailway.
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In recent years, a number of new railway projects have been planned or built, ranging from lightrailway systems to the channel tunnel rail link.
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On the docklands lightrailway, the conductors are called captains.
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The present proposal takes account of the lower charges on the docklands lightrailway and the buses.
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The docklands lightrailway is a fully segregated system.
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We ought to have more lightrailway cars manned by a driver only.
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It has been specifically geared to take account of the lower charges on the lightrailway and on the buses.
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I could not justify to my constituents the closure of six schools so that £368,000 could be spent on a lightrailway system.
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Lightrailway undertakings are necessarily slower to mature.
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The docklands lightrailway is now operating to 95 per cent reliability.
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The system, although designed as a lightrailway, is now required to function as a major system with longer trains and more frequent services.
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No question has hitherto arisen in connection with this lightrailway.
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You cannot take a lightrailway over another railway at all.
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There was a plan that this group would apply for a lightrailway order, take the line over and run it as a lightrailway.
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He is chairman of the docklands lightrailway.
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One of those has been the docklands lightrailway which will come into operation next year.
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Throughout the country, there are 28 preserved old railway lines operating under lightrailway orders covering 195¼ miles of railway line.
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He will also know about extensions not just to the tube but to the docklands lightrailway.
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A lightrailway is very similar to a tramway.
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The docklands lightrailway is a good example to show why the scheme is the one that we want to go forward.
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One cannot describe the docklands lightrailway as a "one-person train"; it is a "no-person train".
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When the docklands lightrailway was opened, there were many difficulties.
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Those women who travel on the docklands lightrailway may be forced to travel at such hours.
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The docklands lightrailway will lead a considerable field.
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Both lines operate under a lightrailway order.
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They must bear in mind the expectations of the average person waiting for a train, bus, lightrailway or tram.
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The lightrailway schemes are judged on cash revenue and to some extent on non-user benefits.
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It would enable travellers to leave the main railway system and get straight on to the lightrailway system.
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That is a further and timely indication of the interest right across the nation in lightrailway or metro systems, as they are referred to.
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There are a number of lightrailway undertakings in some agricultural districts which are privately owned by the owners of the land.
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Passenger traffic on the docklands lightrailway has more than trebled since 1992–93.
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The clause is designed to prevent the permanent sale of key operational assets, primarily underground and docklands lightrailway lines and stations.
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It is a non-profit-making company set up to operate legally the lightrailway.
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I have agreed to the £35-million extension of the docklands lightrailway to the airport.
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I think there is a case or two of a lightrailway running down a highway.
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On the docklands lightrailway, and on the buses, the penalty is £5.
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Why is the docklands lightrailway getting favourable discrimination?
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It would not be difficult to have a travelator between the domestic station—with its connections to the docklands lightrailway—and an international station.
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If the railways are to provide alternative services, why could they not, in certain cases, provide alternative lightrailway services rather than bus services?
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Will there be the same problems with the extended line as there are with the existing docklands lightrailway?
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We have said that the lightrailway can continue for another year, as it is recognised that it is socially necessary.
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Such active co-operation will allow the promoters to call upon considerable worldwide expertise in the introduction and operation of modern lightrailway systems.
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Take a sewage works, or a lightrailway, or some engineering work of that kind.
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I may state that promoters of these undertakings will not be allowed to ride roughshod any more than lightrailway people in the past.
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It may very well be that a company will not embark upon a lightrailway unless there is some subsidy given to it.
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We have made no requests and given no instructions specifically related to the docklands lightrailway.
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My third point relates to the docklands lightrailway.
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However, several million pounds have been spent over 15 years on trying to create an affordable lightrailway system.
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A contract for the £77 million docklands lightrailway has just been placed.
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Another major factor for the choice of the lightrailway is that it is cheaper to construct.
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The reason for the proposed lightrailway is simple.
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I support very strongly the development of the docklands lightrailway, as it is a long-overdue innovation.
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