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India's definitely aping the US all right in terms of how utterly carbrained everyone is becoming

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[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Normally S-Bahns are a form of light interurban rail networks

S-Bahns are not trams or tram trains, but are heavy rail. They are basically upgraded regional or commuter lines, which run on a common corridor through the city to allow for metro like frequencies on that section. A lot of the lines hav 20min frequency, but often share track to increase that. Quite a few of them are pretty close to metros. Not just the Berlin one. Hamburgs has 10min frequency on its lines for the most part, Cologne and the Rhein-Ruhr one is at 20-30min and a lot of shared track.

There are some, which are worse, but Berlins system is not an anomaly in being rather metro like.

[–] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

Same in Frankfurt. In the city the frequency is quite high and then they split into lines when they get outside, which only reach a 30min frequency during rush hour I think.

Even the connection Frankfurt central station to Offenbach market place (city on the other river side) can reach a train every 5min during rush hour.

But they can get delayed when they surface and get outside.