The first time I heard the name Light Rail was when I was on a tram on one
of my many sojourns to Melbourne & the Connie & Driver were talking to me
about being a gunzel. (1st I'd ever heard that term too)
Anyway, they said you should have a ride on our light rail. So I did and
it's my fave of all the Melbourne lines.
Regards,
Tim, in Sydney. (It ain't half hot Mum)
On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 at 18:53, 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder <
tramsdownunder@...> wrote:
> While I don’t think the public particularly ever called the routes 96 and
> 111 (now 109) Light Rail, certainly crews at South Melbourne did, at least
> in the earlier days.
>
> “Hey, what are you doing this week, Bob?”
>
> “Light Rail”. Certainly easier than say 96 and, or 111.
>
> With 111 taken from South, maybe today drivers call it 96s or St Kildas.
>
> Maybe Schony can tell us.
>
> Regards,
>
> On 13 Jan 2019, at 12:57 pm, Ronald Besdansky shrdlu.junction@...>
> wrote:
>
> Really think it's about time the government "bit the bullet" and resolved
> to just call them all TRAMS. It would simplify interaction with the public
> and avoid any confusion. I always thought using "light rail" was to avoid
> people thinking of toastracks etc and to sound "modern". I know we've had
> this discussion elsewhere but I REALLY can't see how you can call
> Newcastle, CSELR or Canberra "light rail" and not "tramways" - they're all
> "in or adjacent to public streets". As to IWLR, what's the point of
> distinguishing between the on- and off-street sections?
>
> Melbourne has trams (though they tried the "light rail" thing with Pt
> Melbourne/St Kilda), Manchester has trams, Sheffield has trams etc. Give up
> Gladys!
>
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