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Re: Sprinter
Author: J
Date: 12-30-2007 - 14:16

AC Wrote:
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> It is also the name of the vehicle from Siemens that they are using. It's available in three > flavors, DMU, EMU, and hybrid with both pans and diesel motor. None meet FRA standards and so they must be operated with a time or grade separation.

Europe allows "tram trains" and conventional rail equipment to co-exist on the same tracks. Rather than "temporal separation" (required by FRA beause the equipment does not meet the crash standards existing equipment; this standard is about to be increased) the French use an automated train control system to prevent head on and rear-end collisions. You can read more here:

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