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Re: Here comes Staten Is. Light Rail? |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jun 19 15:29:40 2006, in response to Re: Here comes Staten Is. Light Rail?, posted by tydev417 on Sat Jun 17 15:52:12 2006. With the type of "light rail" vehicles in use these days, the line between light and heavy rail transport is anywhere from blurry to non existent. Many so called modern light rail cars resemble heavy rapid transit cars more than traditional streetcars especially when they are being operated in trains of 2 X 2 car articulated units with high level platforms as is the case in L A and St. Louis. Also the concept of fixed stations at relatively long distances with platforms and long stretches of PRW rather than street running with stops every 2 to 3 blocks is more characteristic of heavy rapid transit than true light rail. |
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