Quebec City Tramway

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Quebec City Tramway

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03-18-2018, 08:44 PM

(03-18-2018, 08:05 PM)jeffster Wrote:
(03-18-2018, 05:14 PM)KevinL Wrote: Quebec City unveils plans for $3-billion tramway network

The vehicles in the renders have a very Bombardier look to them...

Further diagrams, etc in this PDF, from the main website. All official documentation is French-only.

I think for our LRT, it would have been advantages to putting some of it underground -- from Victoria to Ottawa...but I guess that dig would have been way too much cash....

What is the advantage of putting it underground though. This has to be a specific and compelling reason. The problem is, most of the time it is simply "makes more room for cars" which I think is a terrible reason. I think that probably applies to most underground proposals here, but I have no idea about QC.

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