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To: HKMk23
Looks like a publicity photo touting the new rolling stock with the older unit in the background. Note the 1970’s vintage RV air conditioning unit jimmied in there atop the cab.

Yes - but was also have older trams than that in service - a pure publicity photo probably would have used one of those (the old ones are also the iconic Melbourne trams).

Call it “the trolly” or “the tram.” Having “a train” requires a the capability to run variable-length consists of separable railcars. BART out here in the SF Bay Area would be an example.

I may have caused some confusion - the Flinders Street Station behind is the centre of a fairly large train network. You can't see any trains in the picture because they are all inside the station and lower down. But Melbourne has a large tram network as well and Flinders Street as the centre of the train network has a large number of tram using the streets around it so people can interchange.

108 posted on 12/21/2017 1:07:08 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

Ah, so what we’d call a “transit hub” where riders can switch between several available modes.


112 posted on 12/21/2017 2:57:03 PM PST by HKMk23 (You ask how to fight an idea? Well, I'll tell you how: with another idea!)
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