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Re: Diffrence between LRT
- Subject: Re: Diffrence between LRT
- From: "Ted Gay" <tedgay@bigpond.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 08:42:20 +1100
- Newsgroups: misc.transport.urban-transit,aus.rail
- Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com)
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- Reply-To: "Ted Gay" <tedgay@bigpond.com>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:27744
"neumannc" <neumannc@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:3A4E9165.4360@ozemail.com.au...
> David McLoughlin wrote:
> >
> >
> > The new tramway systems in Manchester, Sheffield and Croydon in South
> > London proudly call themselves trams. The new Birmingham line seems to
> > call itself a Metro but runs trams nonetheless.
>
> The new system in Sydney, initially Sydney Light Rail, now Metro Light
> Rail, operates (their words) trams and has tram stops.
>
> Chris
It was a Frenchman who renamed Sydney Light Rail...Metro Light Rail when
C.G.E.A. (Connex) assumed managemnet from TNT. 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".