Talk:Tram-train

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In Melbourne, Australia, there are trams that can run on the train system under the name Light Rail.

But the lines are no longer used by trains. This is not sharing, rather conversion.

The British systems Manchester Metrolink and Tyne & Wear Metro were similar conversions.

More information on train-trams and tram-trains can be found here: http://citytransport.info/Share.htm

Could "Schnellbahn" (spelling?) from Karlsplaz, Wien (Vienna), Austria to Baden be considered Tram-train? --78.0.95.141 (talk) 21:17, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

I took out Oslo from the list as the trams in Oslo only share tracks with the metro. That kind of sharing also exists in other cities, for example Amsterdam, (or Vienna; they call it 'pre-metro', and U6 metro line actually uses tram rolling stock - --78.0.95.141 (talk) 21:17, 7 June 2008 (UTC)), but is not usually called tram-train. 217.208.26.85 00:17, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to remove Melbourne from the list. Tram-train refers to trams running on mainline railways, not trams running on converted sections of closed railways. Since Melbourne's railways are a different gauge (except for regional/interstate goods lines) it's fairly safe to assume that this sort of operation won't be coming to Melbourne any time in the forseeable future. invincible 00:31, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Aha, in that case the line in Vienna I mentioned above does not qualify... --78.0.95.141 (talk) 21:17, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Railway Regulations

"The Karlsruhe system also uses an "Automatic Train Protection" signalling system" do all tram-trains use this. Is it true that no trams in Europe have vigilance control in any form?

Telling about the train part in Germany: yes, it is called INDUSI or PZB, otherwise running in parallel with "normal" trains would not be allowed; regarding "vigilance control" the "Totmannknopf" or "Totmannpedal" need to be operational on train sections as well.

On the tram part other experts may answer, please. --Klaus with K 19:27, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

": Telling about the train part in Germany: yes, it is called INDUSI or PZB, otherwise running in parallel with "normal" trains would not be allowed; regarding "vigilance control" the "Totmannknopf" or "Totmannpedal" need to be operational on train sections as well.

On the tram part other experts may answer, please."

By totmannknopf/pedal do you mean a control the driver must hold continuously or a button the driver must press perodically. Whatever it is, I beleive (but I don't know) it may be operational on tram sections as well. This information could go into the article tram controls.Myrtone@Tram-train.com.au