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Re:The New Paris Métro Is Coming, and It's a Big Deal by lores on Saturday November 25, 2023 @08:32PM (#38418462)
That smacks a lot of "aside from half the world, whoever is using this technology?"
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Re:The New Paris Métro Is Coming, and It's a Big Deal by bobthepanda on Sunday November 26, 2023 @02:23AM (#38419845)
Is it? Airport people movers are extremely niche.

Even in the countries where they exist, rubber tired metros are niche.

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Re:The New Paris Métro Is Coming, and It's a Big Deal by shawabawa3 on Sunday November 26, 2023 @02:40AM (#38419910)
In a list of all metros, "recently constructed metros" will be a niche category

You can't retrofit rubber wheels easily so of course compared to all metros as a new technology it will be rare

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Re:The New Paris Métro Is Coming, and It's a Big Deal by bobthepanda on Sunday November 26, 2023 @05:34AM (#38420609)
The Chinese have nearly doubled the metros built in both number and mileage in the last two decades. And pretty much none of those are rubber tired either.

Rubber tired metros are also a niche in new metros.

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Re:The New Paris Métro Is Coming, and It's a Big Deal by rob74 on Sunday November 26, 2023 @06:30AM (#38420841)
The Paris Metro lines using rubber tires are almost all retrofitted (line 1, 4, 6 and 11, only line 14 was operated with rubber tired trains from the start).

Retrofitting actually has some advantages for old lines with short station distances, tight curves and steep gradients, whereas new lines can be planned with the limitations of rail technology in mind.

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