Light rail

[manic finch]

We got trams, but not light rail, I want to build a transit system as shitty as Charlotte NCs

[compact gate]

Just make the transition rails above.

[vague palm]

Trams are technically considered light rail by definition

[manic finch]

Technically but they are different in function

And slower

[rustic wind]

what's the point

no

they are the same thing

[idle dirge]

Idk about Cities Skylines 2, but irl most trams can go at least 70kmh. (And in many cities they do go that speed on some segments

[dire anchor]

we should have actual tram/light rail stations though

[odd sundial]

I think it would be neat if light rail was a vehicle option for tram depots (requiring the placement of a specific locomotive-shed module) that could utilize both tram and train tracks. Light rail able to get higher top speeds while using train tracks.

They would of course have a role as an aesthetic/roleplaying/real-life-city-replicating option, but in gameplay terms I can see them being balanced out as a really neat alternative to building out a metro system for players who have built a tram network that's struggling to cope with passenger numbers but are short on cash for building out a completely new metro system from scratch / are rather space-constrained AND have a legacy of rail infrastructure in their city.

The con that has to be weighed up of course being sacrificing capacity on your rail lines for a much cheaper pseudo metro+suburban rail system.

[dire anchor]

don't light rails use the same vehicles as trams?

[junior vortex]

no, but similar

this is a light rail vehicle in my city

they are called "suburban rail lines" when they say it in english but their literally translated name would be "rail that serves local areas"

or "local interest trains"

they connect nearby cities to the capital city

[idle dirge]

what country btw

Cause I don't think I've seen light rail ever in my life, so I'm just wondering where that usually exists

[junior vortex]

Hungary

[eternal ledge]

They exist all over. In the US, you can find them in Portland/Seattle

[primal crescent]

we have light rail?

[twin yarrow]

Yes there exists all over In the US you find them Seattle/Portland and we official in CS 2

Yes, just like Seattle/Portland.

[deft scaffold]

Why not just use a bigger tram with a different look (trams can be fast, in my city they go up to 60 km/h

[junior vortex]

yeah there is a mod that adds a 2*3 tram asset

thats perfect