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how tri-rail differs from metrorail and metromover in design,style,operation,signalling and seating including fare operation
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jtbell wrote:Tri-Rail: trains of bi-level coaches hauled by diesel locomotives. Shares tracks with CSX freight trains. Fares vary with distance. Tickets are not sold on trains, you have to buy them from machines on station platforms. Occasionally an inspector boards the train and checks everyone's tickets; it's quite possible that your ticket will never be checked on any particular trip. Trains run once an hour on weekdays.Trains run by a printed timetable, not every hour especially in the middle
Metrorail: trains of self-propelled electric cars which get power from a third rail. Flat fare, paid when you enter your starting station at a turnstile. Basically a modern version of the "els" or subways in New York, Chicago, etc. although it's completely above ground, mostly on a concrete elevated structure. Trains run every 10-15 minutes.
Metromover: small automated driverless, rubber-tired cars that run on an elevated concrete guideway. I think I've seen only individual cars, no trains. A couple of years ago, fares were aboloshed so the Metromover is now free of charge. Cars run every few minutes.