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TRAM 2025 von Dirk Budach

This new edition of yearbook TRAMS 2025 is again packed with news about developments in Europe over the past year.

For each country, …


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The autonomous Karsan e-ATAK: First passenger service in Spain von Dirk Budach

The autonomous midi bus e-ATAK from the Turkish manufacturer Karsan, already in service in some countries, is now also being demonstrated…


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Electric bus operation on Beijing’s roads: Battery & trolley buses von Dirk Budach

The Beijing metropolitan area has a population of over 19 million. The traffic problems are enormous and this is accompanied by considerable…


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The final curtain: Japan’s last trolleybus system closed von Dirk Budach

On Saturday 30 November 2024, Japan’s last trolleybus system ceased operation on the 3.7 km Murodo-Daikanbo line in the Japanese…


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Surrounded by the desert: Uzbekistan’s last trolley bus service von Dirk Budach

Today, trolleybus operations can usually be found in urban areas: especially here, the necessary investments in fixed infrastructure…


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The Tramways of Portugal von Dirk Budach

British hobbyists were among the first public transport enthusiasts to travel to Portugal in the 1950s – at a time when there …


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This time in Prague: 7th trolley:motion electric bus conference von Dirk Budach

What could be a better place to hold this year’s electric bus conference organised by the trolley:motion association than the…


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More Gotha trams for the Kirnitzschtalbahn von Dirk Budach

For 126 years, the metre-gauge tramway which rund between the spa town of Bad Schandau and the Lichtenhainer Wasserfall (waterfall)…


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City Buses and more at the FIAA 2024 in Madrid von Dirk Budach

From 22 to 25 October 2024, the leading Spanish trade fair for the bus and coach industry, the Feria Internacional del Autobús y del Autocar…


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Teplice: Municipal operation of the system – new trolleybuses to come von Dirk Budach

The trolleybus service in Teplice in the north of the Czech Republic was operated by the Arriva Group for several years, but some time…


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METRO & TRAM openings:

Up-to-date news about the latest metro & tram openings worldwide you may find here:

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LES TRAMWAYS DES VILLES FRANÇAISES – ANNÉES 1960

E-Mobility: Trolleybus

Updated information about trolleybuses and other types of electric buses:

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