Comments on: Is the Passenger Vehicle in this Video a Bus, a Tram, or a Train Without Rails?

By: John Gibson

John Gibson — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 04:51:18 +0000

In reply to Bob. Bob is right there is even a video showing the longest truck train in the world the tractor pulling eight trailers.

By: John Gibson

John Gibson — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 04:46:08 +0000

In reply to Gary Sanford. my neighbour drives articulated buses here in Calgary The rear or second section is the powered portion. (reason they have so much troubled going up hill in the winter)

By: Don C

Don C — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 20:20:43 +0000

I think it is TRAIM -train oriented tram.

By: TJ Conwell

TJ Conwell — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 15:08:29 +0000

Wouldn’t this also be called … a bus? It just seems like using the word train is a really huge stretch for this kind of technology. Just my opinion.

By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 12:00:06 +0000

Looks like a Bus in training.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 11:09:32 +0000

Interesting. It’s a little of everything… a trackless tram-bus. How about TTB? Or wreck magnet. Got a bad feeling about how local traffic will navigate around these.

By: Alin Boon

Alin Boon — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 10:38:02 +0000

It’s a road train! Simple as that.

By: Malcolm Simpson

Malcolm Simpson — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 09:28:22 +0000

More like a bus, I think. Train/tram?? It’s a truss

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 09:20:21 +0000

This is clearly a Tram. Much like a cable car, or the people movers at airports and convention centers, or at Disney World — each of which is on a fixed pathway, some of which share the same road surface as regular vehicles. I grew up in Chicago, and the “Elevated” is considered a Tramway, even if it was constructed using railroad rails, though one could argue that it is really a “Trolly” which blurs the line between a railroad and a tramway.

Please note, this question would be much easier to answer if these words were used instead: “Is it a railroad, tram, or bus”. As the question is stated, there is no such thing as a railroad (ie. train) without rails.

By: Tann

Tann — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 08:02:14 +0000

Yes, those clever Chinese have correctly categorized it. It is not a bus, not a tram and it is not a locomotive pulling rail cars on a railroad track. It is however by definition a train. Again, those clever Chinese are designing and building a new kind of train for the 21st Century, while the rest of the world argues semantics. Like anything new, I would give you that it could be referred to as a hybrid in mass transportation. Think back to the first hybrid car…..the “Horseless Carriage”. Kudos to the Chinese on this “train” project, for they as a people are the unsung hero’s to the success of building a railroad from the far West of America over and through the mighty Sierra Nevada and across the desert West to meet the rails from the East.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 06:11:49 +0000

I believe it guided by the stripes, not steered by the driver. The “steering wheel” is not for steering. It is the throttle control. Wheels like this are often used on Chinese and European electrics and also on many diesels.

By: Ian Grant

Ian Grant — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 05:20:57 +0000

It’s a type of bus, or a passenger road train, similar vehicles operate in Europe, following a single rail, they were recently proposed for Parramatta Road.