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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Of course. All LRT track that will operate near roads or in medians will be elevated 10 cm or so, and not at grade. The only time it is flush with the pavement of the road surface is at intersections. It's not going to be like Toronto's streetcars where the track is flush with the road surface.

It will be like this:

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Standard practice for Light Rail. Ideally the curbing is not so high that an emergency vehicle can't hop it, however.
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by Canard - 07-19-2015, 09:35 PM
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