Quasi-tram/light-rail on existing full-width tracks?
Idk about the specific terms but anyway here's the meat of the issue;
Trams are popping off in Finland. After Tampere successfully opened their tram to a roaring success some years ago other finnish cities are looking on with envy and now want their own trams. One such city is Vaasa. However, the city is quite small (65k + 10k just outside in commuting distance) and doesn't have the funds for a proper new tram network. The city officials have however prepared a plan. The plan includes to use the already existing rail for a local city train. The train/tram(?) would at the very least travel between the airport and the harbour with about 10 stops in between. The line from the train station to the harbour is basically not in use (I've marked it as 'derelict' but it's in very good condition, just unused) In the plans it is also discussed that the train could out into the countryside (bottom right of the map) to provide local train service for people out in the villages where the main service provider (VR, state rail) has stopped servicing a decade ago.
So, are there any other examples of this?
Could this work?
Are the city officials insane, or simply trying to appear busy?
Would this be the joke of the century, or the missing link in the city's transport infrastructure?
Discuss, ask if anything was unclear. Also discuss transit feasibility in small cities.

Problems I see:
>too low population
>whilst the rail line technically passes by the airstrip, it's nowhere near the airport where you'd check in
>a new line to the actual airport would thus be needed
>it's mostly single track rail, suboptimal, especially when regular trains are coming and going on half of the proposed line.
Positives:
>connecting transport methods to each other (harbour-train station(includes busses)-airport)
>it's a train
>using existing infrastructure
>connecting industries with residential areas

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Quasi-tram/light-rail on existing full-width tracks?
Idk about the specific terms but anyway here's the meat of the issue;
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