HI Pete, the video is about Grenoble's tramway !!!!
I am busy by now and I didn't answer yet to your questions but i'll do it !!! In France you must take care of words : 1) tramways (urban train) are running within the city (max speed is 70km/h) and as you can see tracks are shared with cars (just a little mainly police, ambulances, firemen and taxis) and with people. You can see, too, 'grass' tracks (track with grass between the rails) : it's a mean to lower noise (very efficient), to avoid cars and bicycle to run on the tracks and to .... improve dog's toilets !!! 2) suburban trains rune up to 120Km/h on the National rail company. No car, no people on the tracks. safety (block system) as in a high speed train. In Germany (Karlsruhe for example) you have suburban trains going inside the cities : it is more expensive to build but very efficient. I'll try to find an URL. -- Jean MAURICE Grenoble - France - Europe www.atoutfox.org www.aedtf.org _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
