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Originally Posted by GlassCity
In Vancouver, it seems to me that we use LRT and SkyTrain as shorthand for non-grade separated and grade-separated respectively. I don't think anyone on this forum really cares if the trains are long or short and run on third rail or wires.
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Exactly. And the technology and vehicles really don't matter - the key issue is grade separation. Trams, full-sized trains, and even buses all get the same benefits from grade separation - fast, cheap to operate, reliable service that can be automated, which in turn allows the kind of high frequencies that SkyTrain riders have become spoiled by.
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