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KVB Cologne: Farewell to the last B-Wagen of the first series von Christian Marquordt

At the beginning of the 1970s, the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia had grand plans for local public transport by rail in …


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The Basque rack railway La Rhune ready for another 99 years von Reinhard Christeller

North of the Pyrenees and close to the Atlantic coast, a 905-metre-high mountain rises from the plain, visible from afar. Larrun, in…


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The replacement: Low-floor trams for Gotha von Dirk Budach

In an effort to provide barrier-free access to public transport, smaller rail transport companies in particular are taking creative…


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Setra: The new family of low-entry buses von Christian Marquordt

Setra, originally once the own bus brand of the bus manufacturer Kässbohrer and today – besides Mercedes-Benz – one of…


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More modern trolleybuses from Solaris: Parma von Editorial | UTM

Italy is one of the countries where the trolleybus has been established as an electric, emission-free means of transport in various…


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50 Years of Düwag B-Wagen in Bonn von Christian Marquordt

On 29 June 2023 it was fifty years since the first Düwag light rail vehicle of the new “B 100 S” model arrived at the Stadtwerke…


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150 years tramway in Antwerp von Ralf Wittenberg

On Whitsunday, META, the umbrella organisation of Flemish associations that care for the preservation of old trams and buses, together…


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Bielefeld: Farewell to the Düwag M8C von Dirk Budach

The expansion of the long established Bielefeld metre-gauge tramway, which had survived all crises and had never been affected by …


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Heritage tram service on the Ramleh line in Alexandria von Dirk Budach

The only surviving first-generation tramway on the African continent is the network in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, which…


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Coburg’s city bus system: Introduction of the e-mobility concept von Dirk Budach

The city of Coburg is located on the northern edge of the state of Bavaria, in the region of Oberfranken (Upper Frankonia) and is known…


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