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global tramway boom
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Tadej Brezina
2012-10-05 07:54:49 UTC
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Dear readers!

do you know any source (book, article, site) where rapid increase of
railbound urban transport in the last 2-3 decades is quantitatively
documented? By quantitative I mean the number of systems, the number of
lines, the lengths, etc.

thanks & regards
Tadej

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Paul Corfield
2012-10-05 08:45:37 UTC
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On Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:54:49 +0200, Tadej Brezina
Post by Tadej Brezina
Dear readers!
do you know any source (book, article, site) where rapid increase of
railbound urban transport in the last 2-3 decades is quantitatively
documented? By quantitative I mean the number of systems, the number of
lines, the lengths, etc.
thanks & regards
Tadej
http://www.lrta.org/information.html
http://www.urbanrail.net/
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Clive
2012-10-05 10:13:25 UTC
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Post by Tadej Brezina
Dear readers!
do you know any source (book, article, site) where rapid increase of
railbound urban transport in the last 2-3 decades is quantitatively
documented? By quantitative I mean the number of systems, the number of
lines, the lengths, etc.
IHS Jane's Urban Transport Systems. It's not cheap.
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Clive
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2013-01-15 17:29:29 UTC
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IHS Jane's Urban Transport Systems. It's not cheap.
But is it reliable and complete?

I gather the publishers do rely on the system operators voluntarily providing information and returning the questionnaires. That doesn't always happen in an efficient manner.

Publications such as T&UT are more reliable in my view as many of the observations are by enthusiasts who tend to pick up aspects that the official sources don't divulge, and do so in a more timely manner.
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