Philip Jordan (Echo, October 19) wants to make the harbour rail tracks part of a Weymouth Tram System.

He is far from being alone in holding this view, judging from the comments made on your website.

We already have a regular train service running into the centre of town, a frequent bus service covering the main routes, and now a brand new Park and Ride operating from the Weymouth end of the new bypass.

How on earth can a costly network of tramlines through the narrow roads of Weymouth take more cars off of these roads?

Will the summer visitors drag their families and piles of beach equipment out of their 4x4s and on to a tram because it happens to run on rails?

No. They will continue to use the Swannery or Lodmoor car parks and walk the short distance to the seashore.

People do not make a very costly investment in a private motor vehicle and then struggle on to a bus loaded down with the weekly shopping, so why would they want to struggle on to a tram?

The rail tracks running along Commercial Road go nowhere. They were laid down (before the internal combustion engine was invented) to transport freight and passengers to and from the Channel Islands ferries.

One of Weymouth’s biggest tourist attractions is its busy picturesque working harbour.

Remove these obsolete tracks (along with the council offices, law courts, gasometer, et al) and develop this wonderful asset into an even bigger year round draw.

There are many places within the UK where one can view, or travel on, well preserved or restored examples of bygone rail transport. Weymouth harbour should not be the site of another.

Rodney Best Doncaster Road Weymouth