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Longest? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DART_Light_Rail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DART_Light_Rail -> System Length 93 mi (150 km) https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by serhei 9y ago
Longest?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DART_Light_Rail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DART_Light_Rail -> System Length 93 mi (150 km)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Melbourne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Melbourne -> System Length 160 miles (250 kilometres)
However, your point that the decentralization plays a difference is very valid. The Melbourne network is a dense grid which serves a much more compact area whereas the Dallas system consists of a small number of lines that stretch very far out into the low-density suburbs. Hence, far fewer people are near a DART station.
- kodablah 9y agoTramways such as Melbourne's are a bit different in definition [0]. 0 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail vs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram
- chrisabrams 9y agoHaving played Mini Metro for over 100 hours, I can attest that a light rail and a tram are not the same ;)
- serhei 9y agoFair enough. But you've made me very curious to see a widely-agreed-upon list of which systems qualify as light rail according to a definition that excludes trams. (Wikipedia does not attempt to make any distinction -- e.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tram_and_light_rail_transit_systems https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tram_and_light_rail_...) Edit: another example of Wikipedia not being able to agree with itself on a distinction -- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail_in_North_America https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail_in_North_America lists the Toronto streetcar system as "the busiest LRT system in North America" even though it's definitely a traditional tram system with mostly street-running. Below it calls it a light rail ('in the case of Toronto, actually streetcar').