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Positive results for the tram to the western district of Offenbach von Michael Levy

The extension of the Frankfurt tramway to Neu-Isenburg, Dreieich and Langen has great potential – economically, technically…


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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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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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VDVA: ‘Change of guard’ after 22 years von Editorial | UTM

For 22 years, Rolf Hafke from Cologne led the fortunes of the Association of German Transport Amateurs (VDVA). He has served as chairman…


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An overview over the condition of trolleybus system in Bucharest von Silviu-Costin Iancu & Cristian Marin

Like stories from other parts of the world, the condition of the trolleybus network in Bucharest, Romania started to look pretty bleak…


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25 years Trolleybus Museum Solingen von Christian Marquordt

On 2 July 1999, an association was founded in Solingen with the aim of maintaining and preserving the historic trolleybus 59 (temporarily…


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Refurbished PCC trams return to service in Philadelphia von Roger DuPuis and Bill Monaghan Jr.

Streamlined 1940s-style trams have returned to service in Philadelphia following a four-year absence and intensive rebuilding …


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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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The end: No more trolleybuses in Sanremo von Dirk Budach

Our last report from Sanremo still sounded quite hopeful – the trolleybus system, which had been neglected for years, was to …


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Another ‘Tramfeest’ in Belgium: 150 years of Ghent tramway von Ralf Wittenberg

After the tramway in Antwerp celebrated its 150th anniversary with a big parade last year (see here), this year marks the 150th anniversary…


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LES TRAMWAYS DES VILLES FRANÇAISES – ANNÉES 1960

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