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The next generational change at Stern & Hafferl is imminent von Gunter Mackinger

With the arrival of the first tram-train vehicles for the Linz local railway, the last old vehicles on the standard-gauge local railways…


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UITP Trolleybus Committee met in Athens – new opportunities for the system von Gunter Mackinger

Between 8th and 11th April 2025 Athens’ public transport company O.SY hosted the UITP’s 42nd Trolleybus Committee meeting. Trolleybus…


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Innsbruck: Interurban line 6 returns to the city centre von Gunter Mackinger

Along its almost 125-year history of Innsbruck’s well-known “Mittelgebirgsbahn”  was already under thread of closure…


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South Africa: The Franschhoek Wine Tram von Gunter Mackinger

60 km east of Cape Town lies the wine-growing town of Franschhoek – founded by French Huguenots in the 17th century and still the…


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Everything on the move at St&H: the exchange of electric vehicles von Gunter Mackinger

The Upper Austrian public transport operator Stern & Hafferl has been offering electric local rail transport in the region for…


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70 years of trolleybuses in Pardubice von Gunter Mackinger

On 14th May 2022 the Czech city of Pardubice celebrated “70 years of trolleybus operation” with an great event, many friends…


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Stern & Hafferl: Further investment in the regional lines von Gunter Mackinger

The public transport company Stern & Hafferl (St&H) has been operating electric local lines and in the past also tram lines…


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Chomutov-Jirkov: A modern interurban trolleybus system von Gunter Mackinger

Since 1995, trolleybuses have linked the cities of Chomuto (49,000 residents) and Jirkov (20,000) in Northern Bohemia. Forty years…


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Salzburg: The end of service for the first generation of low-floor trolleybuses von Gunter Mackinger

In the 1990s Gräf & Stift/Kiepe Electric developed a first generation of low-floor trolleybuses for the Austrian, German and …


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50 years in service in Austria: „Sambawagen“ ex Cologne von Gunter Mackinger

The Köln-Frechen–Benzelrather Eisenbahn (KFBE) was only able to enjoy its attractive electric trainsets locally known as „Sambawagen“…


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