[PRCo] Re: Historical Question

[Dwight Long]

Derrick

No argument with your assessment of Genève, but it is by comparison a very small system.  I think the "great" adjective referred to size;  at one time St. Petersburg was the largest in the world.  I believe this honor now goes to Melbourne, in Oz.  Wien may be second largest.

Dwight

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Derrick Brashear 
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
  Sent: Friday, 04 March, 2011 13:39
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Historical Question


  On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:
  > Herb
  >
  > St. Petersburg (Leningrad) was ONCE a great system, but it has been decimated in recent years. Well run? NOT. It is so starved for funds that it cannot keep enough cars in service to maintain schedules. Much track is so corrugated that any speed over 5-10 mph is impossible to attain.
  >
  > During the last decade I rode all available track there. Probably 50% of what I rode is now history. What is left is largely Balkanized into Metro connectors. Sad.
  >
  > If you want to ride a "great, well run, transit system" that really is, try Wien, Osterreich (Vienna, Austria for westerners). And it's a lot easier to get to than St. Petersburg!
  >

  The Geneve system was pretty nice, worked reasonably, and is being
  expanded to CERN (useful to me anyway)