Tram/high-speed train interconnection in the dock

Technology

Rik Thomas
01 July 2011
Priestman Goode suggests that it could be possible to design a system where low-speed local tram services can ‘dock’ with higher-speed inter-city trains
Priestman Goode suggests that it could be possible to design a system where low-speed local tram services can ‘dock’ with higher-speed inter-city trains

 

A new concept from London-based design firm Priestman Goode is ‘Moving Platforms’, which it describes as “a totally inter-connected rail infrastructure where local trams connect to a network of non-stop high-speed trains, enabling passengers to travel from their local stop to a local address at their destination (even in another country) without getting off a train”.

“We have been designing high-speed trains around the world for a few years now,” the company...

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