From: pschleif@speakeasy.org

On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:54:15 +0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
 wrote:

>rcp27g@gmail.com wrote:

>>The OP's statement was "a typical comuter schedule", that is a schedule
>>that is entirely, or predominantly tidal in nature (in in the morning,
>>out in the evening), as opposed to a transit-like schedule, one that is
>>high frequency, stop at all stations, in both directions all day.  Such
>>schedule philosophies can be applied to heavy rail, light rail or indeed
>>buses.  Terms "heavy rail" and "light rail" are not particularly
>>meaningful anyway as they are marketing, not technical terms.  The same
>>vehciles, eg Stadler GTW, operate on both "heavy rail" and "light rail"
>>in different locations.
>
>In my town, a typical commuter rail schedule offers hourly midday service
>and hourly evening service, and a mix of hourly and bi-hourly service
>on weekends. In the case of CSS&SB, there's more service to South Bend
>on weekends than weekdays.

We have Metro North commuter rail which carries the majority of its
passengers on off-peak and reverse peak trains.
--
Peter Schleifer
"Ignorance is easy and you get it for free"

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