By lifting the lines it will free up these two areas and aid the flow of the city between the north and south districts of the city.
This aspect will provide a significant element to my scheme in design terms and how the project will have a positive impact of the city by allowing better movement around the city as highlighted in the Enquiry by design study of the city.
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will there not need to be more of the track lifted than you have highlighted? what gradient can a train travel up hill to get 3 meters above the existing level? the track might need to be raised for hundreds of meters out of the station in order to get to that level, have you seen any examples of where this kind of alteration has been made before?
Good point, Dan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruling_gradient
The section shown is just a rough area illustrating the two existing level crossing points. Yes there will be further ramping especially bringing the level up by 3 meters.
The site plan reveals the ramping distances. I have been informed by a transport specialist that the ramp will be required to be at a minimum of 1:40 so will require a distance of 120 meters that has been marked on the site plan.
The ramps will be intergrated into my design but not form part of my site.
The Bijlmer Station, Amsterdam does in part also raise the train lines up by 2 meters.
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