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Originally Posted by Cirrus
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I should add the people movers back in, and remove the heritage streetcars (which I also don't care about), but I honestly haven't given it that level of thought prior to right now.
Anyway, I'll do what I want for my own purposes, but feel free to copy the spreadsheet and manipulate it for your own purposes however you want
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Yeah, I'm definitely not telling you what you should do for your own purposes!
Do what works for you - and I did use the data from that spreadsheet to start my own version, with pretty fine-grained differentiation of systems. Like for Chicago I tweaked apart Metra, Metra Electric, South Shore, the CTA 'L' system, and then decided I'd include the O'Hare peoplemover, too. And in Boston I included their commuter rail, grouped the Red, Blue, and Orange Lines together, but then put the Green Line and the Mattapan trolley into their own categories.
Basically, I came up with these categories and am going to try and fill out sheets for every city out there that has them. North America is almost complete based on your spreadsheet, although I need to research and add some funiculars and airport peoplemovers, and make sure I have all theme park peoplemovers. And if I'm feeling really ambitious, I might try to add all unusual trains under the "Other" category to include not just San Francisco's Cable Cars, but things like the Oregon Zoo's Zoo Train.
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Term Definition Examples
Metro Substantially grade-separated either Paris Metro, New
as subway, or as elevated, or as a mix. York Subway,
May include some surface sections on London Tube,
edge parts of system. May include Chicago 'L'
automated lines if the automated lines
are of the same scale of a typical metro
line.
Lightrail Mostly surface, mostly in dedicated Portland MAX,
right-of-ways but mostly not grade- Paris T3, LA
separated but also mostly not in traffic. Gold Line
May have short sections grade-separated.
Tram Mostly surface, mostly in traffic. May San Diego trolleys,
have short sections in dedicated right- Oslo tram, Seattle
of-ways or even grade-separated, but South Lake Union
primarily runs in traffic. Commonly Transit, Portland
called "streetcars" or "trolleys" in Streetcars
the U.S. San Diego trolleys
Funicular Any railway dedicated to a serving a Bergen funicular,
severe incline. LA Angels Flight,
Barcelona Funicular
de Montjuïc
Monorail System running on a single rail, whether Las Vegas Monorail,
steel or concrete, whether running over Seattle Monorail,
or under the rail, of a scale of units Osaka monorail,
that could function as a metro. Small, Chongqing monorail
single-unit monorails which are fully
automated should be categorized as a
"Mover" line.
Mover Defined by being automated and both small Skyrail Midorizaka
units and short trains. Frequently free Line, Detroit
or priced below normal transit services. PeopleMover, Miami
MetroMover
Commuter- Mostly definited by schedule emphasis Chicago Metra,
Diesel on rush hours, but also defined by WES Commuter
wider average distance between stations Rail, CalTrain
and distance of travel from city center.
Commuter- Electric defined by schedule emphasis NY Metro North,
Electric on rush hours, but also defined by Paris RER, NJ Path,
wider average distance between stations Chicago Metra
and distance of travel from city center. Electric
Other Any rail line that doesn't obviously San Francisco
fit in any of the above categories or Cable Cars
could fit in multiple categories but
has other unique features.
I have a ways to go with all the international localities (I want to make it a completely comprehensive spreadsheet in that regard).