Helsinki’s new line 13 is very similar to the existing line 15, which is branded as “light rail”. Why is 13 not being called “light rail”? It will soon even use the same trams as line 15.
The video is in finnish, turn on subtitles if you don’t speak the language :D
Subtitles don’t work, but my city has similar case where some lines are called light rails and others trams while they use the same cars. The light rails are called that because the rails are always separate from roads (except when they cross), while trams rails are sometimes placed on roads so the trams interfere with other traffic. Light rails are more reliable and faster because they can’t get stuck in traffic while trams can.
Line 13 DOES have its own lanes and corridors. But isn’t being called light rail.
That’s what the video is discussing.
13 won’t just use the same cars (once HSL receives more of the new Artics), it was run and built in very similar fashion to line 15.
Weird, is there any explanation for it?
The red tram car seen at the end is the Koff bar-car. It’s a bar in a tram.
