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Title: Rail replacement .......................what ?? Post by: Clan Line on November 21, 2023, 16:13:16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFgsUVF82OE
Title: Re: Rail replacement .......................what ?? Post by: RailCornwall on November 22, 2023, 18:05:27 Had similar in a snowy Berner Oberland in the early 2000's where the BOB was OOS due to avalanche risk between Interlaken Ost and Grindelwald. Replacement was bus from Interlaken WEST to above Wilderswil and then via chopper to the east of Grindelwald and a shared taxi back to Grindelwald station. Worked well.
Title: Re: Rail replacement .......................what ?? Post by: broadgage on November 23, 2023, 01:39:45 Certainly different, but not very sensible. Helicopters are expensive to buy, expensive to fly, burn a lot of fossil fuel and make considerable noise.
Road transport might be more sensible even if not allowed normally. Title: Re: Rail replacement .......................what ?? Post by: Clan Line on November 23, 2023, 09:47:08 Certainly different, but not very sensible. Helicopters are expensive to buy, expensive to fly, burn a lot of fossil fuel and make considerable noise. Road transport might be more sensible even if not allowed normally. The problem is not that road transport is not allowed, but that there is no road to actually get to the village. There are a small number of vehicles (not private transport) in the village, including a couple of "taxis". As you say, helicopters are very expensive to operate so I don't think this service was put on just as a "gimmick". Before you ask................. perhaps the vehicles already in the village were delivered by helicopter :) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |