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Re: Diffrence between LRT
Ted Gay wrote:
>
> "David McLoughlin" <davemcl@NO***damned***SPAMiprolink.co.nz> wrote in
> message 3a50fa80@news.iprolink.co.nz">news:3a50fa80@news.iprolink.co.nz...
> > Ted Gay wrote:
> > >
> > > The light rail system in
> > > Rouen France, managed by a C.G.E.A. company, trades under the name...
> > > "m-é-t-r-o-b-u-s".
> >
> > And runs articulated trams of the same model introduced in Grenoble and
> > later also used in Paris.
> Can't find my source at the moment but CGEA had the franchise or ownership
> of the local buses and the new tram system is intergrated with them, hence
> the carry-over of the trading name.
>
Hey I'm not doubting you, I'm backing you. The Rouen tram system trades
as metrobus as you say. I have a photo right here of the opening in
December 1994 and "m-e-t-r-o-b-u-s" is written right across the front of
the tram.
David McLoughlin
Auckland New Zealand