• MuffinHeeler@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      I don’t know what they call it where you are from but here light rail is trams. Similar to San Francisco cable cars.

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        6 months ago

        I guess everything I’ve been calling light rail fits into the suburban rail category. Multiple cities I’ve lived in are adding in “light rail” tracks between major centers

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      6 months ago

      Suburban rail is heavier than trams, the London tube is suburban rail, as are Sydney trains

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        A step heavier. For the London example, think more like the Overground, the Purple Train or Thameslink. Or the many railways radiating out.

        For other examples, think systems like the LIRR in NYC, the RER in Paris or the S-bahn in most major German cities. (though the Berlin one functions more as a metro that’s just legally a train)

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          6 months ago

          Re: legally a train
          Metros and anything lighter are governed by different laws than trains. So German U-bahn is legally a tram, governed by the BOStrab, while S-bahn is legally a train, governed by the EBO