NScaleNotes Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Hello Just spotted this article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/17/soller-mallorca-heritage-train-investors-hostile-bid. Don't really know enough about it all (how it's managed now and what is planned if the bid succeeds) to comment but wondered if it might be of interest to anyone here. Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPW Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Thanks for posting the link. Most interesting. I would be worried that the new owners think it a cash cow and would put the prices up to pay for all the proposed improvements and the costs of the takeover and possibly kill the goose. I was there in Feb 2018. I thought it was expensive enough then. Okay if I looked on it as a day out, but would think carefully about my budget before repeating. Having said that the trains were busy and people were being turned away because they were full. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted August 31, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) I know it's not a railway centric article, but, I quote. "The town has been linked to the capital, Palma, with a picturesque narrow-gauge railway since 1912. The train, with its wooden carriages, has been in continuous use ever since, climbing 200 metres and passing through 13 tunnels on its 27km journey." The article infers it is all one line with through services, ignoring the changeover from/to the tramway and train part way along the line. Mike Edited September 1, 2019 by Enterprisingwestern Clarification. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 It is all one line from Soller town to Palma, the changeover to the tram is in Soller for the run to the port. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 31/08/2019 at 20:43, Enterprisingwestern said: I know it's not a railway centric article, but, I quote. "The town has been linked to the capital, Palma, with a picturesque narrow-gauge railway since 1912. The train, with its wooden carriages, has been in continuous use ever since, climbing 200 metres and passing through 13 tunnels on its 27km journey." The article infers it is all one line with through services, ignoring the changeover from/to the tramway and train part way along the line. Mike I have a 1970s issue of 'Modern Tramway' magazine that contained an in depth article on "Majorca, a 3'0" gauge island" and in which article it is mentioned that the the tramway was built as an extension of the F.C. de Soller as the combined length of both would then attract government grants. . Knowing Spain, I suspect there may be a grain of truth in that statement. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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