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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Oh yeah, I loved the Minimetro. Fully automated though, falls into the "light" metro category like VAL and ICTS.  Very small trains running at high frequency to get the capacity up.

Re the hydro lines - I was hoping they'd integrate the OCS poles with the hydro poles so everything is supported together. If that's not what they're doing, then that's a real shame. More visual intrusion. But that's how light rail works, unless you go for contactless power (like Primove).

I'd also be very surprised if the concrete shown at King/Victoria was only for the dome. That's got to be for other future structures... there's no way they'd lay that much for a temporary, 2-month structure.
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by Canard - 01-10-2016, 02:59 PM
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