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See also [url=http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p842297.htm]Williamstown light rail and [url=http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p845980.htm]another related thread.

Note that the only currently existing CROTRAMS are metre gauge, which would make this problem worse than it would be on, say a Melbourne variant.

wouldn't it be better for Bligh the builder to look at light rail trams network like they do in Melbourne Don't you understand!? Trams are the past. Cars and busses are the future. Mr Brisbane said ...

But then again, the Federation line was going to involve the stringing of overhead wires within the Canberra area, I'm not sure if this would be accepted. I was once told that there are no overhead po ...

The fourth Mulhouse Citadis, 2006/5106 was transported from Webb Dock to Preston Workshops today, the final three modules arrived at around 1550.

What about the third?

I would suggest grade seperation at all busy intersections, otherwiser we would be constructing new and very busy level crossings, and there has been a move to reduce this sort of thing on all forms o ...

Is there any information about cab controls, such as safety devices for drivers?

I saw both LRT videos, the trams look Citadis like. Despite plans I have read about, the trams are depicted as working from overhead wires. I wonder if there is anywhere a tram could run over or under ...

Wikipedia has [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_turn]an article on hook turns, it mentions it's use elsewhere in the world, not just Melbourne. What I am still not sure of, is the origin of the M ...

But what's the point of using technology if it's only 50% useful during the day. Night-time operations on the other hand could be of some use.

Actually the usefulness varies duing the day, between ...

Loading and unloading presents logistical problems unless we are to have a network of private sidings built. The costs involved would be high, the training of loading staff in rail and electrical saf ...

Businesses rely on being able to know what they want will come when they want.

Road, i'm sad to say gives us this flexibility.
Take Australia Post. Mail could be delivered to hub centres via tram. ...

One of the major issues in suburban railways in recent decades has been the separation of passenger and freight traffic. Freight trains caught up in a busy passenger network cause considerable problem ...

I can't see any merit in this given the great spread of activity nodes in the cities now. Road transport has more flexibility.

But I'm talking about cases where the freight is transported over fixe ...

That prototype freight tram looks like an old passenger tram with the windows painted over, has it actually moved any freight or just driven up and down for the cameras?

That is exactly what it is, ...