Similar differences exist between the light rail vehicles used in
different cities. The Kinkisharyo vehicles used in San Jose, northern
New Jersey (Hudson-Bergen Line), Seattle, and Phoenix are all designed
for the same platform height and clearances, yet the car bodies are
different. These can be compared at the following link:

http://www.kinkisharyo-usa.com/

The Siemens SD160 vehicles used in Calgary have different noses than
the same vehicles used in Edmonton and the Siemens SD70 vehicles used
in Houston have different noses than the same vehicles used in
Charlotte. The SD70 vehicles used in Portland have a further
difference in that they have cabs at just one end.

Once you get past the car bodies, you find further differences. The
Kinkisharyo light rail vehicles used in Seattle operate at 1500 VDC
whereas most other light rail and streetcar systems operate at between
600 VDC and 750 VDC. Los Angeles has three light rail lines that are
all designed for the same platform height and clearances, yet the
lines don't share trains because each line has a different signaling
system. Los Angeles is attempting to rectify this by ordering trains
equipped with all three signaling systems.


--- In friendsofthemonorail@yahoogroups.com, "Daren D" <cooldster@...>
wrote:
>
> I agree on the "type" of train that makes them similar (which is
> Large, Medium/Standard, & Small). But I'm talking about the actual
> design.
>
> For example, Tokyo's Type 2000 train bodies are more sleek and have a
> subtle curve to the windshield. The Palm trains have noses that are
> more stretched out (or pointed). Same categorized trains, but no
> Large, Standard, or Small trainsets from different systems are
> exactly alike.
>
> I hope that makes sense. And I feel this is a smart choice on the
> projects' part because if more than 1 system shared the exact design,
> that wouldn't be very appealing. I don't imagine any 2 mass transit
> train systems in existence today have the exact same design.
>
> Speaking of the similar trains proposed from Cascadia, I sure hope
> they didn't plan on using purple! Seattle = blue, teal, aqua, and
> green!
>
> Daren
>
> P.S. Daegu's Official Page is very interesting. I hope Asia in
> general would stop mixing up monorail with light rail! Some personal
> vids on Youtube show the Chongqing monorail but are titled "light
> rail."
>
>
> --- In friendsofthemonorail@yahoogroups.com, "Greg & Christine
> Vassilakos" <greg_christine@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In friendsofthemonorail@yahoogroups.com, "Daren D" <cooldster@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I've never heard/seen of any 2 cities having potentially the same
> > > train sets. All the ones Hitachi has made are different for every
> > > city/system.
> > >
> >
> > Several cities use the same Hitachi Large Type monorail trains
> > including Tama, Kitakyushu, Osaka, and Chongqing. Daegu, Tokyo
> > Disnyland, and the Palm Monorail in Dubai will all use the Hitachi
> > Standard Type monorail trains. Shonan and Chiba use the same
> > Mitsubishi suspended monorail trains.
> >
>