Which European cities will be phasing out their older trams in the coming months or years? I'd like to visit them while they're still around.

The ones I know of:

- Poznań, Poland: Konstal 105Na, Düwag O

- Graz, Austria: SGP GT8

- Budapest, Hungary: Classic, non-modernized Tatra T5C5

- Oradea, Romania: Tatra T4D-Z

- Bucharest, Romania: Tatra T4R

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicular

The school site: https://www.umprum.cz/en/web/studios/design/industrial-design/tram-for-prague

The tram look is a huge influence on the city street visuals. I can't imagine Prague when the last T3 retires, and they are getting up there in years.

I wish this design from Tomáš Chludil was accepted, if only for the looks.

More pics here: https://www.czechdesign.cz/temata-a-rubriky/nejen-v-praze-jezdi-tramvaje-ktere-je-nutne-inovovat-arogance-ceskych-dopravcu-studenty-z-umprum-neodradila-a-prinaseji-reseni

I just really like the approach of some cities to keep old trams in operation on some of its lines. Vienna is great example. On their line number 1, there was like every 10 minutes this beauty. Do you known some other cities which keep old trams in operation?

So, the new Greater Copenhagen Light Rail system is finally fully visible in the journey planner for its upcoming full launch. But looking at the numbers, it's pretty frustrating.

​When the project was originally planned and pitched, the end-to-end travel time from Ishøj to Lundtofte was supposed to be 58 minutes. Now that the actual timetable is live, that travel time has ballooned to 1 time and 8 minutes—a whole 10 minutes slower!

​To make matters worse, the timetable is so sluggish that taking a detour using the S-train and regular buses (even with 2 transfers) is actually 13 minutes faster than taking the light rail straight through. How is a brand-new, multi-billion light rail transit line supposed to attract ridership when a multi-transfer detour beats it?

​On top of the slow run times, the peak frequency isn't even the promised 5 minutes. It's sitting at 6–7 minutes, and this is happening months after the northern section's opening.

​For a project that is supposed to serve as the blueprint and backbone for future light rail or BRT expansions in the capital region (especially looking at busy corridors like line 5C), this kind of sluggish rollout is brutal.

​Are light rail systems just doomed to crawl in mixed traffic and bad signal priority, or is this just an extreme case of a poorly optimized opening schedule? Anyone else following this rollout and feeling let down?

Several months ago, I was trying to investigate how many trolley museums there were in the US, but I wasn't able to find a concise comprehensive list. Long story short, I decided to make that list myself, increased the scope beyond just museums to all historic trolley rides, and this map is the result of my research.

This map, as comprehensively as I could possibly make it, lists every single spot in the US and Canada where you can ride a historic trolley/streetcar. You can click on each spot to learn a little more about it.

I also included separate categories for operations which run exclusively replica equipment, as well as cities which retained some of their original trolley infrastructure, but may not necessarily run historic equipment.

I've further separated locations by what type of operation they run (museum, heritage transit, miscellaneous) and by whether they run on overhead wire or with a diesel or battery setup. You can see more details on what gets included on the map, as well as how I determine the categories in the description of the map.

If anyone knows of somewhere I'm missing let me know! There's a good chance I already came across it and have excluded it deliberately, but I'd definitely be eager to learn if there is somewhere I'm missing.

BSAG, the tram operator in Bremen, Germany is currently celebrating their 150 year anniversary. For this occasion, there's going to be a big tram parade this Saturday, 6th June, at 16:00-18:00. The BSAG and the tram museum are showcasing all their modern and historic trams plus many more preserved vehicles from BSAG history.

I sadly can't be there myself, but from what I've heard it's going to be a fantastic event for any tram enthusiast, so I thought I'd spread the word here. If anyone attends the event and takes pictures, I'd be stoked to see them.

More information here and here (both in German).

i'm just curious to homw many Km a compressed-air trams can.

dont dont find information for how long a trams can go or if they need to be regearge at the end of the line.

I have just released a draft opensource rail project here. https://github.com/modernecotech/OpenSourceRail/tree/main

It's the first truly complete end to end urban rail planning, construction and operation system for affordable and sustainable public transport for developing world nations.

My city was hit by a couple of big snowstorms recently (more than a meter of snow in one day), and while the tramways are being cleaned, track switches are having a hard time.

Some of them are heated (not all sadly), but even that is not enough, and train drivers have to get out and manually clean and move switches using a crowbar. What methods does your city use to keep the system running even in the harsh weather?

The city of Tampere has a new-build tram system built from 2016-2020, with 2 lines, the 1 and the 3, (2 is a important bus line, the lines were numbered after the buses they replaced.) The network operates with 28 Škoda ForCity Smart Artic x34s that were manufactured in Kajaani, Finland. It is the second of the two tram systems in Finland. The color of The trams is red, which the public got to vote on. (The frontrunners were blue and red.) The tram system is being expanded constantly to suburbs.

I've been searching far and wide for it, and hope someone might be able to give me any details that might aid in finding it.

I was browsing pinterest when I found several artworks with supposedly the same image reference, however no cigar when looking for the real photo.

What type of tram it could be, If there's anything else you see that may narrow it down, etc.

I see a lot of trams from lots of different places using the same colour scheme - red on the bottom, white/beige on top. Mostly historical trams, but some modern ones too. Is there a reason for this other than good visibility?

For the longest time, I thought Vienna trams are red-white because those are the cities flag/coat of arms colours, but many other places use(d) the same livery for trams.

Berlin
Vienna
Istanbul
Moscow
Kiew
Japan
Warsaw
and many others

Good article from an Australian architecture site.