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Sun Microdevil Pte Ltd@koakuma@uwu.social (2026-09-20 02:19:01)
A metro in all but name
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Sun Microdevil Pte Ltd@koakuma@uwu.social (2026-09-20 02:54:16)
The general rule seems to be:
- If it's built on infrastructure inherited from the Colonial era, then it's "Commuterline"
- If it's a new system built with taking on foreign assistance (read: G2G loans), then it's the "MRT"
- If it's a new system built with local funding, then it's the "LRT"
Do not try to look too much into the naming, else your head will hurt :char_nachoneko_baa:
To be a little bit more serious, though, physical limitations aside, all the services are run in very similar ways such that debating whether such and such service is a "true metro" or whatever is more of an pedantic wankery than something productive¹
¹I think the term "distinction without difference" was invented to describe such situations lole