24hour London underground next year

[joninliverton]

The bbc news tonight disclosed that from next september there will be 24hr working on some of the London underground routes. However, it will be restricted to a Fri and Saturday.

It's like when they announced 24hour drinking hours, it all depended on the local councils and establishments.

London is so far behind it's fellow European cities such as Berlin which is indeed a real 24hour city.

Does the underground railways run 24/7 in America ?

 

[mikeyank]

The bbc news tonight disclosed that from next september there will be 24hr working on some of the London underground routes. However, it will be restricted to a Fri and Saturday.

It's like when they announced 24hour drinking hours, it all depended on the local councils and establishments.

London is so far behind it's fellow European cities such as Berlin which is indeed a real 24hour city.

Does the underground railways run 24/7 in America ?

It does here on the New York City subways in the "city that never sleeps".

 

[joninliverton]

It does here on the New York City subways in the "city that never sleeps".

That is why London is so far behind in some respects.

 

[peterh6308]

For such an advanced tech city that Seattle is, we don't have a subway system. In fact we are so behind in the transportation field it is funny. I remember voting for the first time on local things and the future of transportation was on the ballot. It passed to improve and/or build an above ground subway system similiar to NYC. That was over 20 years ago and we still have nothing. In fact the state added a vehicle tab renewal tax that lasted for many years and nothing came of it, so they dropped it with no questions answered? We don't have the population like NYC or London in Seattle, but when you add up the suburbs surrounding it is a few million.

 

[joninliverton]

Because London is an old city then transportation of any means is going to be difficult. However, extending the operating hours of an already established underground railway system should not be a problem. It's the transport staff and their unions that have always been the problem.

 

[Stripe222]

For such an advanced tech city that Seattle is, we don't have a subway system. In fact we are so behind in the transportation field it is funny. I remember voting for the first time on local things and the future of transportation was on the ballot. It passed to improve and/or build an above ground subway system similiar to NYC. That was over 20 years ago and we still have nothing. In fact the state added a vehicle tab renewal tax that lasted for many years and nothing came of it, so they dropped it with no questions answered? We don't have the population like NYC or London in Seattle, but when you add up the suburbs surrounding it is a few million.

You're a bit off here, Peter. We have a Light Rail system that is being built and has made it all the way north from Rainer Beach to Capitol Hill, with part of it already going north from the airport. By 2020, it's supposed to reach Northgate and south to Federal Way. We'll see!

The Monorail project was a huge debacle. They taxed us and nothing ever got built. They figured out it was going to go way over budget before they dug the first hole. Fortunately, they bought a great deal of land before they started building it. The land wasn't cheap, but by the time the project went belly up, land prices had soared and they sold it, making a hefty profit.

Seattle had a chance to build a subway system around 1970. The Federal Government was going to provide 90% of the funds. 90%!!! Seattle voted it down!!! Seattle was a sleepy backwater town then, with Boeing being the only thing going, and timber and mining dominating the economy. Everybody had a car and couldn't imagine needing a subway. Who knew???!!!

 

[peterh6308]

You're a bit off here, Peter. We have a Light Rail system that is being built and has made it all the way north from Rainer Beach to Capitol Hill, with part of it already going north from the airport. By 2020, it's supposed to reach Northgate and south to Federal Way. We'll see!

But the existing light rail was built in a neighborhood of a minimal amount of people commuting to work in downtown seattle. And have you ever heard of anyone taking the lightrail to the airport to travel? So these examples show how behind we really are Stripe.