pw20
Active Member
Pretty cool and could be very revolutionary especially for a city like Toronto.
http://www.psfk.com/2014/02/hybrid-...source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#!u6Y4f
Aside from giving people better or more convenient commuting connections, tram-trains can mean lower maintenance costs and more flexibility for the transit authorities. Tram-trains can allow the authorities to add more services or routes and help reduce transportation congestion.
Set to be completed in 2016, the project will have tram-trains running eight miles from Rotherham Parkgate to Sheffield. The design for the tram-train was developed at the Institute of Railway Research at University of Huddersfield.
Tram-trains are new in the UK, but Karlsruhe, Germany has used tram-trains in their public transport system since 1992. In fact, the concept of tram and trains running on the same tracks is referred to as the “Karlsruhe model.â€
The Sheffield-Rotherham Tram-Train project is a $98 million trial run to determine whether it would work in the rest of the country.
http://www.psfk.com/2014/02/hybrid-...source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#!u6Y4f
Aside from giving people better or more convenient commuting connections, tram-trains can mean lower maintenance costs and more flexibility for the transit authorities. Tram-trains can allow the authorities to add more services or routes and help reduce transportation congestion.
Set to be completed in 2016, the project will have tram-trains running eight miles from Rotherham Parkgate to Sheffield. The design for the tram-train was developed at the Institute of Railway Research at University of Huddersfield.
Tram-trains are new in the UK, but Karlsruhe, Germany has used tram-trains in their public transport system since 1992. In fact, the concept of tram and trains running on the same tracks is referred to as the “Karlsruhe model.â€
The Sheffield-Rotherham Tram-Train project is a $98 million trial run to determine whether it would work in the rest of the country.