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   Adam H. Kerman to Stephen Sprunk   
   Re: DMUs for Union-Pearson   
   14 Aug 14 03:56:34   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >On 12-Aug-14 21:40, John Levine wrote:   
      
   >>>>and incompatible with the rest of GO Transit which assumes low   
   >>>>platforms.   
      
   >>>That is not Nippon Sharyo's fault. Clearly the Union Pearson   
   >>>Express folks thought that was their preference. :)   
      
   >>That's not totally foolish.  The new trains will run 4 tph, more   
   >>like transit, while the existing trains run on a typical commuter   
   >>schedule.   
      
   >Nit: commuter rail is a subset of transit.  Perhaps you meant light   
   >and/or heavy rail?   
      
   You're doing your refusal to read for context thing. In context,   
   "commuter railroad" is a passenger railroad service that's part of the   
   general system of railroad transportation (or whatever it's called in   
   Canadian law) and transit rail is passenger railroad service that is not.   
      
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