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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
Is that Amsterdam route a legacy route left over from before the internal combustion era? At one time long distance streetcar routes (tram is a British English term which we use for a cable car in NA) were very common. We even had interurbans in many cities but that was because there wasn't really any choice. Nowdays it takes a high amount of ridership to justify the huge cost of electrification and track laying when there are cheaper alternatives like a bus. Well, perhaps it required high ridership then too, but without buses or private cars to compete, they had it.
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No, its a tram line that reaches to areas developed in the 1970s... there are parallel lines that go outward from the centre that all reach out to these areas. It was never a "train track" per se. There are buses that fill in the gaps.
Seriously, if we built the bridges, etc... we could be doing this right now.
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