From: jock@soccer.com

On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:22:57 +0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
 wrote:

>Jishnu Mukerji  wrote:
>>On 8/14/2014 10:00 AM, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
>
>>>They are FRA/FTA regulatory terms, not marketing or technical terms.
>
>>>"Light rail" is for heavy non-FRA trains on a non-exclusive ROW, and
>>>"heavy rail" is for light non-FRA trains on an exclusive ROW.
>
>>Just to elaborate a bit... it should be noted that this categorization
>>may apply only to territories where FRA has potential jurisdiction,
>>namely the USA and its territories. The rest of the world really does
>>not care much about that definition since they neither know nor care
>>what FRA is or says. Well Canada and Mexico might care a little, but
>>certainly no one in Eurasia or Australia cares.
>
>But no one inside the United States cares either. If the categorization
>was performed, it was performed by the author of a report. Another author
>writing another report at a different time will use his own categorization
>methodology. The author of a hypothetical report can include any rail route
>or system he likes in his categorizing from anywhere in the world if he
>feels it's applicable to his report.
>
>Stephen claimed they're regulatory terms, disagreeing with the O.P. who
>noted that they're marketing terms. (No marketer worth his salt would use
>"heavy rail" as it's so stupid and off-putting, but I agreed with the
>jist of what was said.)

Well, Translink in Metro Vancouver refers to its commuter service on
CP tracks as "heavy rail" and SkyTrain as "light rail":



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