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Originally Posted by mikeo80
Targan,
I am guessing that when you say trams, you are speaking about trains?
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Stainless' explanation is welcome. I should've been more specific. Trams are also known generically in Australia as 'light rail'. In my city, Perth, we have a very effective 'heavy rail' (ie traditional train) system as part of our public transport mix along with a highly effective and well-integrated bus network. I think Perth's public transport system is very good but we could make it even better with a couple of light rail circuit routes. We have the advantage of the State Government running the public transport system and subsidising it.
We have inter-city and inter-state rail networks too but they're expensive to run and not hugely popular. Australia is just so huge with such small population densities.