Sorry folks, I cannot copy the link but the Mexico City government is looking at building an elevated trolleybus line. The elevated trolley bus line will be of concrete construction over a street and will use a fleet of 35 trolleybus who get their power by overhead wire. The line will link important transit centers.
I think that this is just great! As a transit buff, as a child, I always wondered what an elevated line for street cars and or trolleybus would look like? Various cities in the United States, had short streetcar elevated lines. Boston has a small section and I believe there we several out west like Kansas City. These were traditional wooden platform and steel elevated lines. What about a elevated trolleybus line? Would it look like the Third Avenue El in Manhattan with instead of having tracks it would have wooden boards as a floor supported by iron work? The Mexico City line looks like a modern grade separated elevated highway with supports for the trolleybus wires.
It looks interesting. I believe that Mexico City is getting their fleet renewed with Chinese trolleybuses as well. I wish them lots of luck and in New York City you hear crickets about interesting plans.
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