Post and talk about trams and similar light rail.Starting with a pic the neat Tatra KT4DCs of Potsdam.
what is a tram? what is light rail? when does somthing stop being light rail and become a metro?
>>1794898What is a metro?
>>1794900exactly
>>1794898>TramPassenger train that uses its own at-grade tracks for an urban setting, occasionally extending to the first ring suburbs.>Light railJust a concept for railroads that operate passengers and parcels instead of focusing on freight and commodities.>MetroPassenger train that uses its own mix of at-grade, elevated, and underground tracks for an urban setting, occasionally extending to the furthest ring of suburbs.BONUS>StreetcarPassenger train that uses at-grade tracks shared with road traffic in an urban setting, rarely extending past that city's limits.
>>1794898>when does somthing stop being light rail and become a metrousually when it starts getting its hair did and pedicures and other shit like that
A New York Railways low floor “hobbleskirt” car, an innovative design but had mechanical issues and only lasted a dozen years.
Eartha Kitt with an Istanbul tram
>>1794910Nigger, a tram and a passenger train are two different types of vehicles.
>>1794894You will never be a trammy
>>1794942Train references any vehicles pulled, but without their own power source. Locomotives are the power units behind heavy rail, trams are typically electric or diesel vehicles that also include passengers. You can make the argument that one (1) car in a tram is not a train and be right, same as the locomotive on a heavy rail is not a train. My classification for a street car was, therefore, incorrect for including the term "train".I guess that's the biggest difference between those two rail classifications. Does your locomotive double for passengers or not?
>>179491037 IQ post
>>1794898>what is a tram? what is light rail?It very much depends on who you ask. If you show some Polish trams like modern Pesas to someone from Japan, they'll call it LRT.If you show some Japanese trams like the ones in Kochi to someone from Poland, they'll think it's some narrow gauge tourist heritage railway thing.
>>1795040What's an EMU or DMU then?Too bad /n/ isn't the richest source of (You)s.
>>1794910>>1794898>TramLimited grade separationFairly small vehiclesOperates on short distancesVery small "stations" and partially just stops in the street to let people in and outStops are often just a few hundred meters apart>Light RailLarger vehiclesLarger distances covered between stopDue to his higher speedsConnects areas which tend to be further apartHas mostly proper stationsOften serves as a hybrid between a tram and a proper metro, at least in medium sized cities (200k to 1,000k people) here in Germany, where a proper metro system would be hard to justify.>MetroComplete grade separationServes far longer distancesFar larger vehicles and longer trainsDedicated stations and not just stopsOften operates for a significant chunk of it's routes undergroundOften operates due to the complete grade separation on a third rail instead of overhead wires>when does somthing stop being light rail and become a metro?Once it has complete grade separation I would say.
What does everyone think of our new trams here for Potsdam?Planned introduction is april 2024.
>>1794894Are there any places that monitor stations and determine whether the tram needs to stop to pick up or drop off passengers? It'd make things a lot faster.
could LRV's like the Siemens S70 fit into legacy trolley lines or they're too big for it?
>tram line 5 in Ostrava>literary only goes trough villages
>>1794894I really liked Lisbon's trams when I was there. I didn't get to ride them since I had a short layover, but I did get to ride the Lisbon Metro, which was nice enough. I thought the trams were nice looking and I was glad they weaved through aspects of the older parts of the city.
I'd like to ride the Toronto streetcar if I ever get the chance to visit Toronto. I heard they removed most of the old stock, which is sorta shit, but I can still appreciate the fact that they kept most of their streetcar network compared to most US cities.
>>1796881>Detect people waiting at stop>Send out tram from depot>It gets there 30 minutes later>People gone
>>1797454>takes 19min over only 9 kmits a cost saving measure, but trams never replaced trains
Lvs-66 is fucking neat. Why did they have to utilize them all
>>1797680it have ten stops, and iirc runs old T3 tram every 20 minutes as there aren't that many passagersi still have no idea why that line exist tho, considering it goes only trough villages
>>1797723probably a lawwe run regional trains for that
>>1797675>detect no people at stop>tram can pass at full speed>>1796881There are some stops in Switzerland where you need to press a button for the next train/tram to stop.Usually there's a button for each direction and the activated state lasts around ten minutes to avoid people pushing the button and leaving.
>>1794894I've never understood why was it good for ViP to differentiate KT4Ds to be the first or second vehicle in these trains (the leading tramcars received a 1xx number, while the others received the same, except it started with 2, as seen in the pic), while the second ones remained to be able to run independently too.
>>1797725i doubt there is any law for thatalso they could easily replace it by busesalso, would you live there? having trams going around your house all day?
>>1797786seems fun, an autists dreami doubt youll hear anything inside
>>1797727Why does everything have to be an IOT botnet?
>>1797730>I've never understood why was it good for ViP to differentiate KT4Ds to be the first or second vehicle in these trains (the leading tramcars received a 1xx number, while the others received the same, except it started with 2, as seen in the pic), while the second ones remained to be able to run independently too.Aren't those two trams basically always linked in everyday operations and are never separated?
>>1797786>having trams going around your house all day?wtf? wtf? wtf? wtf?
>>1797919It's not IoT at all, it's more of a simple light switch handling a signal light around 300m away from the station.
We have an Alstom Citadis (402 according to wikipedia), in Tours (Fr*nce)Sorry I'm bad at taking photosWhat do you think about it?
>>1798082Might be the only good looking contemporary tram I've seen
>>1797786yest. lived in prague on street with trams
>>1794942High speed conga line from London to Newcastle fucking WHEN?
>>1797659Basically that entire picture doesn't exist anymore anon.>Old Street cars gone>Honest Eds gone
>>1799061i live next to depo so all trams go next to my flat 24/7
>>1799583>not living in the depot
>>1799583>not dining with trams
>>1799603>>1799604very coolŠkoda here makes trams, and if you are electrican/electrotechnican you can get tram loicesne as part of your job iircyou can also get it working for town mass transit provider DPO, as part of maintenance crew
>they block 4chan and 4chanel on wifi in local trams in this eastern euro shithole
>>1799652good
bump
Brooklyn PCC
>>1798082It has a somewhat dangerous vibe.
>>1802985didn't thought someone would say this lolduring the day it's a bit more cheerful, the inside of the tram is quite cuteI'd like to take some photos inside but I don't want ppl to think I'm creepy
Why did New Orleans reject the Tatrapill?
>>1794898The lines between a tramway and a railway can get a bit blurry at times. See: Karlsruhe tram-train, Manx Electric Railway, Manchester metrolink, Wisbech and Upwell Tramway...
>>1794898I think in the UK at least, a tramway is defined as a light railway that runs (at least partially) in the road. Often, but not always, electric. Some mine railways were also described as "tramways"
Dresden is getting a new model. It looks a bit retarded but in a cute way. Also no more cargo tram
What heritage tram services are you aware of? Post 'em!Zurich has a semi-regular heritage line 21, which runs the last weekend of each month between the city center and the tram museum (and one stop further to the end of the line).It mostly uses a two axle tram from the 1920s, a four-axle tram from the 1930s (dubbed "Elefant" for its large size and powerful motors) with two-axle trailer, and a steel-bodied tram with matching trailer from the 1940s.
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>>1803908I never know New Orleans tested a Tatra. I know they tried out a PCC car at some point. They seem to be committed to the retro streetcar look, constantly refurbishing the century old Perley Thomas cars on the St. Charles line and buying retro style cars for their newer lines.
>>1803908souless>>1804109sou
oh no no, we get too cocky tram bros
>>1804415>damage to tramsome cosmetic scratches>damage to carlucky that you can still see the original shape
>>180442140 minutes tram junction because retard didn't stop on crossing with lightslast month on last stop before depo there were stuck 16 trams
>>1797659The new ones are pretty nice to ride in, though I do miss opening the window on those old streetcars.
why does the Brookville Liberty only have doors at the center car?
>>1804657Good question. I think the center section has a lower floor that makes it easier to board while the wheels are under the ends. Also: any tram modelers here?
>>1803942> no more cargo tram :((((
>>1804680>tram modelersI'm not one, but yours is really cute and super detailed!
>>1803942But it doesn't have any doors
>>1798082>plays cyberpunk
>>1804847Having no doors ensures that there are no delays caused by those pesky passengers.
>>1796838Cute
>>1797659>NO price will be refused at honest edsI only just now got that Ed, Eddd n' Eddy reference.
>>1797680This was originally a train line branching from Svinov (Swinow) that got taken over by trams at the end of WW2. Then they cut the connection to Svinov and that's how it ended up as it is.It also shows when you ride it, It's heavily separated from other traffic, and overall has this "suburban train" kind of feel.>>1797723I have never seen it served by those, they almost always send medium-to-large sized trams in there. But it's pretty popular, there is big pool/lake, a few ski slopes and some nice forests and hills around it so people take it for a bike trip or small hike. Plus it has its commuter purpose on top of that.
>>1797786Honestly, since it's near a massive foundry I think some tram circling around every 10 - 40 minutes is the least of your problems.
>>1794894Does light rail have any meaningful advantage to trolleybuses? Trolleybuses have:>greater mobility>greater traction on inclines>simpler infrastructure>lower maintenance>lower weightWhereas light rail has: >aesthetic>easier operationsIf I were a city planner, I would definitely prefer light rail just for the aesthetic, but how could I justify it? The only thing I could think of is that once the infrastructure would be built, it would be harder to get rid of, meaning that policy would be guaranteed for the foreseeable future.
>>1805628higher capacity
>>1805628not getting stuck in traffic jam
>>1805628LRT has greater capacity and more flexibility in terms of capacity: You can go from vehicles as small as a bus to vehicles almost as big as a subway train. Modern systems are usually flexible in having vehicles that can be coupled in trains of 2 or 3, so you can run small vehicles during off hours, or large vehicles during peak hours.Overall, LRT throughput is about 4 times as much as any bus line can offer.
i fuckin hate this thred
>>1805645just get more buses
>>1805943costs more. once you've bought your equipment the largest cost of every system is the drivers. a long train is therefore cheaper to operate than two articulated busses
>>1805943>just get more busest. retardA transit lane has a practical limit on vehicle throughput. You can't run more than one bus every 2 minutes, lest you have them bunching, and slowing down because they have to wait for the other bus to drop off passengers, missing the traffic lights, getting off schedule, etc. So at that point, you literally can't "just get more buses", or you have to do so at the expense of getting average speeds of about 10 km/h (6 mph) instead of ~20 km/h (12 mph) or better, if you keep a reasonable frequency. Not rocket science, bub.Also this >>1805957
somehow for me the KTM-5 looks like a corrugated shed on wheels
>>1806007forgot pic
>>1805647Why?
>>1806159haha fooled u I don't
>>1806007KTM-5 is peak zero-fucks-given utilitarian soviet tram design
>>1806321and this was the prototype for KTM-5…
>>1797659Man, the CLRV was peak comfy from about late September to late May. Loved riding them. Then the summer months came and I cursed the stench of a thousand sweaty OCAD cunts inside each car, and longed for the air conditioning in my old shitty Grand Vitara>>1804651The new ones are objectively better in every way but they're pretty soulless. I really hate the pre-recorded bell sound they play. How fucking hard could it have been to fit them with a real bell, or just use a different sound altogether?
Soul Soulless
>>1806517Should have been Tatra but ended up being an outhouse shack.
>>1794898fpbp
>>1810117Another pic
>>1810118This is my city's light rail, iirc it's the only service operating Siemens Diseros in the US(sorry if picrel isn't best quality)
>>1807353Oude tram: dienstNieuwe tram: geen dienstHHMMMMMMMMMM
What are actually all the advantages of trams/light rail over buses?So far my list goes like this but I'm curious if there are more I am missing:>far higher comfort and smoother ride than often bumpy buses, making them far more attractive to (potential) riders>far higher capacity per train than buses, requiring fewer units and operators to perform the same job>stops are shorter as trams can reaccelerate much faster>can go, especially on separated tracks, much faster than buses on the same or a similar route>can with separated tracks avoid regular traffic >vehicles have a much longer life expectancy than buses
>>1811005>>1811005>Electrification means that they emit zero pollution, great for air quality>step-free access is much easier to accomplish>physical rails prevent politicians from gutting networks as they please
FUN FACT: Tram was my first word
is Tatra-Yug’s K1 based on the T6B5? question also applies to UralTransMash’s 71-402
>>1811005>comfy>doesn't drive past when you're waiting at the station>routes and stations clearly visible at a distance>usually on timeWell-designed BRT can deliver most of these, but BRT has a bad habit of degrading into a regular city bus, at which point you might as well not bother.
Fun fact: the Brooklyn baseball team was originally called the Trolley Dodgers, later shortened to just Dodgers, and they kept the name when they moved to Los Angeles.
>>1811044>physical rails prevent politicians from gutting networks as they pleaseI fucking wish
>>1795108not a train autist but could you theoretically run those old engines on a modern tram line assuming the same track gauge?
>>1796838Trams here got worse every time they replaced them. Best (I think) were the ones that replaced OP pic, the broad ones with easy access. I ate dirt too many times tumbling out of a Tatra, so I I really prefer low entry.
>>1813532That sounds stupid. I meant "worse every time after they replaced the Tatras", of course. Good job on them running still, though.
>>1812829Yes, I'm fairly certain the LRT in my town was built to reuse a bunch of disused rail lines from the industrial boom
>>1812829The tracks may not support the steam locomotive's weight
>>1812829Doubt it. Tram lines are engineered to handle tram weights, which are significantly lighter than heavy rail. An overbuilt tram line, or one that was a conversion from a heavy rail line earlier on could probably handle a steam locomotive, but chances are the majority would see pretty significant track wear after a heavier locomotive ran over them.
