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Tram-in-Road / Tram-on-Road

Started by jedi93, November 29, 2011, 11:29:49 AM

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jedi93

is there a real, functional difference between Tram-in-Road and Tram-on-Road ?


Korot

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

jedi93

so, it's more a cosmetic difference...

Korot

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

TEG24601

Does Tram-on-Road have increased road capacity, or is it the same as the Tram-in-Road version?

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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.
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