On 29/12/2011 12:16, Hans-Joachim Zierke wrote:

SB schrieb:


The Berlin light rail train system,

The S-Bahn isn't a light rail system, at least not by European standards.

By US standards, it would be, but by US standards, the ICE is a light
rail system, too.


The S-Bahn is way to heavy to be a light rail system in anybody's book,
including in the US, I think. Same goes for the ICE.

The Berlin Strassenbahn would be another story, however.

Many people were trapped in trains stranded between stations. Angry
passengers opened the doors, got out and walked the tracks to the
nearest station, continuing by bus, subway, or taxi.

It took about 3 hours after electricity was restored to have some sort
of traffic running.


Similar situations have happened here on the London Underground.