Re: Slow Melbourne trams

--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "IS Edit" <bobmurphy2@c...> wrote:

And it's not just the trams that are slow and klunky
in Melbourne. The Lilydale to City train has a lower
operating speed than the light rail from LA to Long
Beach even though much of the latter is in or alongside
city streets.

Over half of this line runs alongside reserved freight trackage, the
northern tip is in Subway, and it's really only the bit from the
subway portal to the freight line, and the southern bit around Long
Beach that is on street.

Cars stay off the tracks though. Those LRVs are about the same
profile as a Melbourne train (a little lower, but not much) and run
at fairly respectable speeds even on street. Added to that, if any
car driver delayed them, the LRV driver (and half of the passengers)
would probably reach for one of their handguns and the driver of the
car would move away long before anyone could get a good aim.

Please, try and avoid comparing Melbourne with South-Central Los
Angeles.


PC



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