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i've always wondered this

lightrail, streetcars, trams. Why must they be built to be incompatible with heavy rail? why can't heavy rail be built with a bunch of level crossings, street level stations, slow speeds, and function exactly the same as light rail?

if compatible, the rail could act heavy at designated tracks and light at others, removing what would otherwise be an interchange. it would also allow the light rail to have a higher top speed at express areas.

what am i missing?

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[–] Dyf_Tfh@piefed.zip 1 points 6 months ago

Also in some countries, cars ride on the right but heavy rail ride on the left (because Britain).

Light rail need to drive on the same side as other surface transport because they share road. Else they need to be fully separated, which is costly enough where at this point it is better to build heavy rail.

So you will always have a complex interchange between light rail and heavy rail on those countries.

Not to say it doesn't happen but it does hamper this concept.