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No this is Regina’s light rail

@@jasonli1208 I thought the location was in Ontario.

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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

@@jasonli1208 Thank you! It's commendable that they own a tram in a medium-sized town. Well, Canada seems to be different from its neighbor. The Waterloo column is placed in Hannover, by the way. They have a tram system, too, and even cab rides on youtube.

This is light rail

@@jasonli1208 Ok, it just happened to look like a streetcar

@@shanewalters4171 Well the Toronto streetcars (Flexity outlook) are indeed rather similar to these vehicles (Flexity freedom). But those are streetcars as they run in mixed traffic while ION is not as it runs in a dedicated right of way

Well, what’s pictured here that freight is running on is pretty much a section of embedded track that was designed to support it. It then joins ballasted track that was designed for use by both freight and light rail. ION uses it the majority of the time except for a few times a week when the freight does. To answer your question though, no, freight trains are not allowed on streetcar tracks in Canada. ION is also not a streetcar as it does not run in mixed traffic. The only streetcars in Canada are in Toronto and freight does not run on those tracks.

In Netherlands a lot of tram crossings where are bell used exist. And a huge resistance of people living in neighborhood against them too.

Europeans are generally smart enough to not get hit.

@@Kaizerzydeco1 Just bullshit. Everywhere on the whole world accidents happen.

@@Kaizerzydeco1 Here the crossing-bell stops once the barrier is closed….and Trams don’t ring either (without any danger)…

light rail

Why it so slow? 🐌

Tremayne

@Samuel L. Foxton - That is because H & S have poked their noses in, and in order to be the 'useless jobsworths' they are. - They're looking at rails crossing the road and thinking ah! a "High Speed Train" (even though it's turning 90 degrees) and insisted on everything in order to merit their wages. Unless the 3rd track on the left is an actual 'Railway Track' then it does make sense.

@@christopherlovelock9104 the 3rd track here is an active freight track

@@jasonli1208 My suspicions were correct then, so why not have it as the 3rd track was not exactly 'fully fenced off', but is it really needed to come into action for the trams turning only.

@@christopherlovelock9104 it is because it uses an active freight track for a portion of its trackage, so the entire (even exclusively light rail) track needs to be built to main line safety standards.

@@Ih8kone So I have been told now as the 3rd track is a "normal" railway track with "full" size trains. I must say I was somewhat surprised at the snow on the ground, especially with all this 'Global Warming' going on. It's much the same for the 'Cane Trains' I have seen.

Trains4Fun the portion of the LRV tracks in Waterloo known as the Waterloo Spur has a section that is shared with freight, but the freight only runs during an overnight period when the LRT is not in service

BeeRich33 to a siding at the north end of Waterloo so they could be brought into the Operations Maintenance and Storage Facility for offloading

@@jasonli1208 Oh so they're for K/W? Double-sided doors means they're not for Toronto. Sorry, I had no clue K/W was getting these. Excellent.

BeeRich33 they are for KW. It is correct that the streetcars (Flexity Outlook) only have the doors on one side but the ones that are coming for the Eglinton Crosstown are the Flexity Freedom - same model as these, doors on both sides, but with cab only on one end, as they’ll be running in coupled pairs

@@jasonli1208 Learned something new. Didn't know they were different. Two and a half years they will be ready.

They’re currently aiming to start service in December