Talk:Silesian Interurbans
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[edit] Retitling needed
This article needs to be retitled. The use of the American term "interurban" here is not appropriate, because this system is not "interurban" in character. Perhaps "Silesian tramways," after the Polish Wikipedia title. Ldemery 21:14, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Not only American...
I know that for some people America is the centre of the world, but please accept the fact that the interurbans (more or less similar to American interurbans, though always interurban) were functioning also in countries outside US. Try the 'Europe' section in the 'Interurban' article. The defininition of an interurban (as in the above mentioned article) says:
- Electric power
- Passenger service as primary emphasis
- Heavier, faster equipment than urban streetcars
- Operated on street trackage in cities but on roadside tracks or private rights-of-way in rural areas
The Silesian Interurbans matched all these at its early stage, except the third (the early cars were definetely larger than the ones used in the area, but not so definetely faster). Today, the towns of Upper Silesia incorporated most of the surrounding villages (suburbs), there is no freight traffic, and the rolling stock is the same as in other Polish tram systems, but judging by the history, and mostly by the still existing rural lines, the system is interurban (interstate even at some point of the history). Check the map in the article or the pictures on http:www.silesian-interurbans.w.pl/ If this is not enough to convice you to the idea of interurbans with an 'inappropriate use of the American term', please try to find out more about Vicinal (Belgium), Milan (Italy) or Ruhr (Germany) systems.
90.156.50.135 18:15, 27 August 2007 (UTC)3w
