tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post3846456912851960183..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Replay 10.16.07: Vienna's RingstrassePantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-89730791689220388212009-11-12T03:29:14.116-08:002009-11-12T03:29:14.116-08:00I also enjoyed the trams but even walking on the r...I also enjoyed the trams but even walking on the ringstrasse was not onerous. I tried to cover all the theatres, galleries and other important centres, and didn't quite make it of course. But there is always next time :)<br /><br />thanks for the link<br />Hels<br />Art and Architecture, mainlyHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-33079801777792000262009-01-09T15:16:00.000-08:002009-01-09T15:16:00.000-08:00To Ivo P. (if I can decode correctly), the change ...To Ivo P. (if I can decode correctly), the change of Nos. 1 and 2 in routing, though still (partly) using the Ringstrasse was on October 26th. I've had a following for this, and Vienna is one of my favourite examples. The metro (U-Bahn) looks interesting as well. U6 is actually light rail, by the way, and the trains are LRVs. The "blue tram" is the <A HREF="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokalbahn_Wien-Baden" REL="nofollow">Badner Bahn</A>, an interurban-y line to the nearby town of Baden, for a length of 30 km.<BR/><BR/>My favourite of the photos is the second photo. I've got a photo like that on my computer. It's at Schottentor, and I've heard about the five lines to the northwest all terminate there on a loop in a tunnel, as seen in the fifth photo.<BR/><BR/>In the seventh photo, that's at Karlsplatz. The entrance to the U-Bahn station is historic, with its forerunner being the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Stadtbahn" REL="nofollow">"Stadtbahn"</A>, and is designed by architect <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Wagner" REL="nofollow">Otto Wagner</A>!<BR/><BR/>Here in Ontario, while I prefer to use the term "interurban", we call these "radial railways".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-53411312780912076312008-12-27T10:20:00.000-08:002008-12-27T10:20:00.000-08:00I enjoyed using the Vienna metro/trams. I visited...I enjoyed using the Vienna metro/trams. I visited there many years ago, and the person I was staying with explained that they used proof of purchase randomised checking. By watching the random inspections my friend had worked out the probabilities of getting caught and decided that for the convenience of not having to muck around with the ticket machines he was willing to pay the fine. <BR/><BR/>So we went for a trip and I said, I'm not entirely keen on not paying because I always have terrible luck, and a single fine was more than I could afford. But we had a deal when I suggested if he believes in it, he can pay my fine and I'll buy him a ticket's worth of coffee or something.<BR/><BR/>So we hopped on a metro train, and wouldn't you know it, ticket inspectors. We played the dumb tourist gambit, and it turned out that they didn't speak English, and we got off without a fine. Needless to say, I bought all my tickets after that :)njhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15278712220761294549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-31944439807127813712008-12-27T01:42:00.000-08:002008-12-27T01:42:00.000-08:00If they work downtown yes. The ring is about a mi...If they work downtown yes. The ring is about a mile across, the furthest being a half mile from the ring at anytime. The metro has a station in the exact center.Pantograph Trolleypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-120487028671726912008-12-26T08:14:00.000-08:002008-12-26T08:14:00.000-08:00So, they get off outside of downtown and use circu...So, they get off outside of downtown and use circulators or their own two feet to get to work, unless they choose to transfer to the Metro?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-77254908573424842382008-12-25T17:11:00.000-08:002008-12-25T17:11:00.000-08:00Until very recently (Google says October), the 1 a...Until very recently (Google says October), the 1 and 2 tram lines did complete a full lap along the Ringstrasse, one clockwise and the other counterclockwise. People found it an excellent way to look at all the various feats of architecture abutting the Ring, in some thirty or sixty minutes, hopping off to investigate whatever seemed interesting.Ivo P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00357881906906627578noreply@blogger.com