Speaking of random...

[randomness]

...I've been working on a list of stations which share the same names in different metro/subway systems. It's tedious work finding them. I figured I'd see if anyone else on the net shared one of my quirky interests and could help out.

The Mornington Crescent intersystem quick reference, a work in progress.

Feel free to pass this to anyone you think interested in transit systems or Mornington Crescent.

Comments

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Compared to what one might expect, Group 1 excludes the Chicago Blue Line and some German Stadtbahn lines. Group 2 includes those, as well as the St Louis Metrolink and the MBTA Green D branch. Will these criteria suit you, or would you want to divide the cases more finely than that?

Of the two, Group 1, but it may be useful to have something even more restrictive. I don't particularly want to include Boston's Green Line, but it would be nice to include the Blue Line: the original discussion was about how one could distinguish between Boston's Blue Line and LA's Gold Line.

I really, really want not to have any of German Stadtbahn lines included, because that is yet another way to madness. :)

[hotpoint.livejournal.com]

The MBTA Blue Line satisfies both Group 1 and Group 2; specifying either at least 3-car trains, no articulated equipment (although 4-car articulated cars were considered for the new cars on order, 6-car trains were ordered) or weight of rail could distinguish them from light-rail systems. However, someone would need to review the specs of all of these other metro systems to make sure they didn't get excluded; it might be easier to just prepare a list of which ones fit the bill and be prepared to defend it. :)

Stadtbahn: OK, the Rhine-Ruhr megaplex is insane, but what about cities that are almost-but-not-quite standard heavy-rail metros and don't have cars traveling between city centers?

I'd like to note that Detroit, Jacksonville, and Miami's CBD distributor all fit the category of 'people-mover' -- rubber-tired, 2-car permanently coupled driverless trains, stations spaced close-together, elevated concrete guideways with unidirectional trackage, often on-demand service -- as opposed to heavy-rail metro. They're probably not interesting enough to bother including.