light rail tourist

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Seems like everyone else is moving, so find me on the butterfly app or discord (also if you’re a moot, lmk of your username there so I can follow you on bsky)

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@curoka 福��地下鉄で紫色の列車

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@tcdwww I've seen any elevated Chinese metro segment called as light rail . I used Shanghai Line 6 here as it was the first to come to mind, but any of Beijing Line 13, Shanghai Line 3, Wuhan Line 1, etc fits well too

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99% of Chinese railfans fail this captcha

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@Thrivin096 @himbo_urbanist South Shore Line in Michigan City, IN before the street running portion was eliminated

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@himbo_urbanist the Keihan Keishin line continues its legacy

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Made it even more diabolical, so now it isn't just Chinese railfans failing it

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@a_meow_cat It's theoretically a catch-all term for modes with a higher capacity than streetcars but lower than a regular metro, rather than for a specific type of vehicle. Which easily lets it be abused.

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@FBHShiki @dangitshere_ Gotta trick those that don��t know into thinking it’s a subway

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@JRUrbaneNetwork Have CR regional lines actually been called light rail by some Chinese railfans before? I was gonna add it here, but not sure. Wouldn’t be surprised though, going by the “any elevated urban rail is light rail” thing they use

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@chonchie_DAK 5 of them are officially called light rail in their systems. But I heard all types (and equivalents) called light rail in some press releases before

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@YagaoDirac Similarly

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Network layout of 5 Chinese metros in a nutshell

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@JimSmith1278 done

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@Dahongqi @lacherbauer @JRUrbaneNetwork My first time visiting Beijing, stayed near Dongsi station and got annoyed that Line 6 is so deep underground

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@Angelicsoupe Zhengzhou looks like Shanghai's but the loop line is vertically squished

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@JRUrbaneNetwork The 板桥 station club expands

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The two Train Schools in the Midwest

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How cleanly shoveled the sidewalk is after a snowstorm is a great way to tell if an apartment company or frat house are aholes or not

(yes looking at you, blue roof building)

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Another signage thing I appreciate: signing which side of the platform is for which direction before you reach the bottom of the escalator. Never seen this in other Chinese metros.

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I like how Xiamen Metro has cute pictograms for each line