Neil,
in the case that a German example might be useful:
the city of Karlsruhe (Baden-Wuerttemberg) implemented such a system in
1992, and it operates succesfully. But, as far as I know, papers are
only available in German. The homepage of the public transport operator
(Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund) is as follows:
http://www.karlsruhe.de/KVV/
--
Marion Kreitz
Neil Worthington wrote:
>
> I am interested in finding out where light rail operation has been
> proposed for heavy rail lines. My main objective is to see how safety
> issues have been tackled without the cost of the light rail operation
> escalating to the norms of heavy rail.
>
> Obvious starting points are the trade and enthusiast press, and a web
> search. Is anyone aware of any papers that have been presented on the
> subject?
> --
> Neil Worthington, Salford, UK
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Dipl.-Ing. Marion Kreitz
Lehrstuhl und Institut fuer Stadtbauwesen
Chair and Institute of Urban and Transportation Planning
RWTH Aachen (Germany)
http://www.rwth-aachen.de/isb/
Tel. +49-241-80 5204
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