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Re: (rshsdepot) El addition

Paul Luchter wrote:

> The now closed north division of the Staten Island Rapid Transit is elevated on the western portion through Port Richmond, the closed elevated station is still there.
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> Foreign wise I am still checking. Hamburg has the Hochbahn, Berlin had an elevated line, I have found amazing images on line. Liverpool- I once sent stuff about that. Paris may have had one once, Copenhagen maybe....The Hague had the first Elevated Railway. Tokyo had one, I am not sure it still exists...

Parts of the Paris metro are elevated, for example in the vicinity of the Bir Hakeim station.  (It's named after the locale of a WW II battle, I belive.)

And if I recall correctly, parts of the Yamanote (circle) line in Tokyo are elevated, though I know for sure that other parts are underground.

Incidentally, if you want to see some beautifully decorated transit cars, check out
http://www.mediatinker.com/yamanote29/
(scroll down)

- -Ivan Berger


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