[Talk-ca] REM (Montreal) tagging

[Jherome Miguel]

but I would disagree with a subway/metro being restricted to systems where
trains are powered by a third rail. 4 cars can be the bare minimum, but can
put that at between 4 or 6. And there are also some subway lines that only
run with 2 or 3 cars (such as with some short feeder or connector lines of
the New York City Subway).

For LRT, I would also disagree. There's LRT that run with more than 3 cars
(with up to 5 cars), such as with Edmonton LRT or Calgary's CTrain (during
rush hours). And there's also some diesel LRT such as with the Trillium
Line in Ottawa (and some systems south of the border).

On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 5:43 PM Martin Chalifoux <
martin.chalifoux at icloud.com> wrote:

> Collin, LRTs also meet all the point in your definition. I would add
>
> Subways are powered from the ground or rails
> Subway trains use several cars, at least 4
>
> LRTs have fewer cars and are powered from cables running above the train.
>
>
>
> > On Aug 16, 2023, at 4:02 PM, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I guess the big question is "What is a subway?". The problem being
> > there is no single simple definition that is universally valid. For
> > example I think of subways running on (at least) two metal rails, but
> > ... the Montreal Metro while clearly a type of subway uses rubber
> > tires. So, here is one possible definition of a subway:
> >
> > - Runs on at least two metal rails or guideways (ie: drop monorails).
> > - Runs in a dedicated right of way that doesn't interact with road
> > traffic (ie: drop streetcars).
> > - Has multiple cars per train.
> > - Is electrically powered.
> >
> > In other words I would consider the REM as a (small) subway system (it
> > meets all the above points), while the currently under construction
> > Eglinton Crosstown in Toronto to NOT be a true subway as it does
> > interact with street traffic for part of its' route (east of Laird
> > Ave.).
> >
> > My $0.02 worth.
> >
> >
> > Colin McGregor
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 4:18 PM Jherome Miguel <jheromemiguel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Shouldn't the REM route relations be tagged as route=subway? It's
> currently tagged with route=light_rail, but shouldn't that be for LRT
> systems instead? Or is the tagging for practical distinction given these
> have capacity between LRT and subway?
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