Thread: Light Rail Boom
View Single Post
  #902  
Old Posted Dec 15, 2020, 3:32 AM
electricron's Avatar
electricron electricron is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Granbury, Texas
Posts: 3,523
Lightbulb

Quote:
Originally Posted by ardecila View Post
The REM is a light metro but the tram is something different, looks like it will run east from the city along the waterfront out to Pointe aux Trembles with a branch to Anjou.

So strange that they would not just extend the metro Line 1 rather than building a whole new tramway to downtown.
Is REM light rail or light metro? Are trams streetcars or light rail?
If light rail can be both, that is a pretty large swat of trains.

How would you distinguish between streetcars, light rail, light metros, and metros?
Reply With Quote