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<div style="16px" text-align="left">In Kraków, Poland trams and train use the same gauge and in <br />theory <g class="gr_ gr_187 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar replaceWithoutSep" id="187" data-gr-id="187">it</g> is possible to build <g class="gr_ gr_120 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep" id="120" data-gr-id="120">vehicle</g> that would travel both on <br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">tram tracks and railway tracks.<br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">But railway tracks are build to withstand significantly heavier<br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">vehicles and with massive differences in curve radius:<br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">railway curve with <g class="gr_ gr_350 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="350" data-gr-id="350">small</g> radius:<br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.0433&mlon=19.9617#map=15/50.0433/19.9617">https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.0433&mlon=19.9617#map=15/50.0433/19.9617</a><br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">tram tracks curve with <g class="gr_ gr_360 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="360" data-gr-id="360">small</g> radius:<br /></div><div style="16px"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.0438&mlon=19.9471#map=15/50.0438/19.9471">https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.0438&mlon=19.9471#map=15/50.0438/19.9471</a><br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">So I would expect a difference.<br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">BTW, <g class="gr_ gr_447 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="447" data-gr-id="447">first</g> tram in Kraków had <g class="gr_ gr_498 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep" id="498" data-gr-id="498">deliberately</g> narrow gauge to make impossible<br />to convert it into railway tracks through a city <g class="gr_ gr_572 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace" id="572" data-gr-id="572">center</g>.<br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">Dec 9, 2018, 5:37 PM by selfishseahorse@gmail.com:<br /></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div style="16px" text-align="left">Hi!<br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">I'm still wondering if there is a technical difference between<br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">embedded tram, train and now metro rails (except for a third rail,<br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">which usually can't be embedded in a street). If the only difference<br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">are the vehicles that run on them, then it doesn't seem to be<br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">important to distinguish between embedded_rails=tram/railway/subway<br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">and embedded_rails=yes probably is enough information. (By the way,<br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">why did you leave out light_rail and narrow_gauge?)<br /></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br /></div></blockquote><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br /></div> </body>
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