is there a real, functional difference between Tram-in-Road and Tram-on-Road ?
Define 'functional': If you mean one has a larger actual capacity than the other, then no, there is no functional difference.
If you however mean if there are more paths, then yes, there is a difference.
Just to get it straight: Tram-in-road means that the tram tracks are running inside the median of the road, and thus roads aren't allowed on the tram tracks.
Tram-on-road means that the tram tracks are laid on top of the asphalt that makes up the road. Thus, there are 2 lanes in each direction, with the inner one shared with trams.
Both networks are based on the El-Rail network (Capacity wise) and thus both have the same capacity, the one of El-Rail, so which one you use would mostly depend on aesthetics reasons.
Regards,
Korot
so, it's more a cosmetic difference...
Yup, though perhaps, using the cross-paths+intersection trick, a higher capacity could be granted to the on-road variant, but I'm not sure if that will work on puzzle pieces.
Regards,
Korot
Does Tram-on-Road have increased road capacity, or is it the same as the Tram-in-Road version?
Quote from: TEG24601 on November 29, 2011, 01:06:26 PM
Does Tram-on-Road have increased road capacity, or is it the same as the Tram-in-Road version?
Their capacities are the same, since the number of lanes doesn't account towards capacity.
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Think of the Tram-in-Road and Tram-on-Road as a "Tram-AVE-2" and a "Tram-NMAVE-4", because those two tram networks closely resemble two of the NWM networks.