From: ahk@chinet.com

Stephen Sprunk   wrote:
>On 14-Aug-14 11:15, 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.
>
>Obviously, but this is m.t.r.americas, not m.t.r.europe et al.

The regional nature of this newsgroup includes territory outside United States.

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