Moving Platforms is the brainchild of Priestmangoode, a leading UK multidisciplinary design group.
Watch the video of the extraordinary idea here.
The idea behind Moving Platforms is a ‘completely inter-connected rail infrastructure where local trams connect to a network of non-stop high speed trains.’
This means passengers would be able to get on a tram at their local stop and join a high speed network to reach other cities, and even other countries without once waiting at a station.
The director of Priestmangoode, Paul Priestman, said his aim is to think ‘how design can make life better.’
“The high speed train and the tram would come together at the same speed and the two trains dock. This allows the passengers to walk from one train to another.”
“After this is done, the trains seperate, sending the high speed train on its way and the tram back to the city,” Paul says.
He believes that currently; “We’re trying to run a 21st Century service on 19th Century infrastructure.”
Paul and his team believe train stations are out of date and passenger don’t want to be waiting around for trains. In the future, they could simply walk from one train to another.
Tell us what you think about this new idea. Do we even need stations in the 21st Century?
Surely they still have to wait for the tram? Unless the houses move… 😉
yes, and changing from one HST to another will also involve some waiting…
…this reminds me a little of “stacking” over airports.
But RIP stations.
This is a very good idea! But I don’t think linking the trains in motion is the right way to do it. A better way would be to build stations which are fully covered with plenty of escalators and moving walkways like airports. Berlin Hauptbahnhof is a good example – you can easily change between different trains and the S-bahn and U-bahn step-free
Shades of the Never Stop Railway at the 1924 British Empire Exhibition.