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Originally Posted by swisstrains
As proper tram-trains are built to withstand contact with heavy rail trains does this therefore mean that they would not be able to share the off-street (higher speed) sections of Metrolink with conventional trams?
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There in an inbetween weight class, higher than a trams 35-55ish tons but less than Sprinter,Pacer or other DMU/EMU at 70-120ish tons. Able to withstand a collision with a fast moving heavy train but light enough and with covered bogies for city running.
Its unlikely diesel versions would run in the UK like they do abroad, we would probably see dual voltage or hybrids which ran off a battery while in the city switching to a diesel to recharge in the country.