TRAMS IN THE METRO

Netherlands is coming to look at light rail as the transit of the future. Rotterdam and Amsterdam are adopting an unusual blend of surface and underground operation to exploit their investment in downtown tunnels while utilizing a lower-cost mode outside the central city. In both cities light rail vehicles, equipped to collect power from third rail in tunnels and by pantograph on the surface, are able to operate in both modes. Rapid transit stations have two-level platforms accommodating regular rapid transit trains and the light rail vehicles. Utrecht and The Hague are also continuing to expand their surface light rail systems. LRV is showing steady gains in ridership generally and increasing popularity among urban planners.

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• Publication Date: 1985-11

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 842-843
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 141
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central business districts; Coordination; Joint use; Light rail transit; Public transit; Rapid transit; Subways; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Integrated transportation systems
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Old TRIS Terms: Joint facilities
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00455103
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 10:00PM