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How Hull could have looked: The monorail and 23 other forgotten plans

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by petersaxton, Nov 16, 2015.

  1. petersaxton

    petersaxton Well-Known Member

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    Monorail seems like a great idea but I think there's very few around. I wonder why.
     
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    The Monorail around Sydney's CBD is a real success story. Sydney Tiger care to enlighten the members , to the Sydney Monorail.?
     
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    I only opened this thread to see this. Thanks for being there when it mattered most Ernie.
     
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    Can you post "Truckasaurus - The Movie"?
     
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  8. DMD

    DMD Eh?
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    Pfft, some people just have a one track mind.
     
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  9. Mrs. BLUE_MOUNTAINS_BEAR

    Mrs. BLUE_MOUNTAINS_BEAR Well-Known Member

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    My wife's company( TNT Australia) built it and ran it for a few years when it opened in 1988 after many anti-Monorail rallies. Never profitable and was sold off in 1996. Closed in 2013. My wife had access to free tokens used on it so we had free rides for over 10 years. It could have been profitable if the NSW Government had allowed the initial route proposed by her company.
     
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  10. Craigo

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    I remember all the talk of Don Robinson's "Hull Bowl" over BP in the 80s and then watching as it ended up being a supermarket.
     
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