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Re: Someone remind me, what is the point of light rail again? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Aug 28 15:20:08 2015, in response to Re: Someone remind me, what is the point of light rail again?, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Fri Aug 28 15:13:58 2015. In most cases, it's limited to whatever the speed of the local street isSo is "light rail" when it runs on the street. So are general-railway-network street tracks. Modern streetcars in North America have been treated as a development tool versus an actual form of transit to replace heavily used bus routes That's a waste of money. If they can't supplement bus routes, that renders them useless. And yet, once you're south of LSP and north of 2nd Street, it's faster than anything NYCTA runs. And the Kinki-Sharyos out accelerate NYCTA stock They don't out-accelerate the newer NYCTA cars that have AC traction. They only had the advantage in the past when they were the only thing on FTA rails with AC traction. |
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