Thanks Tony,

I had the same reaction as you in seeing the similarity to a Melbourne E.

Do you know if it has swivelling bogies?

Mal Rowe -  wondering if Skoda has put up their hand for the EoI process advertised by Victoria a year or so back.

On 19/01/2021 18:09, TP wrote:
> In the Finnish city of Tampere a new tram system has been constructed and is in the process of testing prior to opening this year. The operator took the opportunity to dress up one of the new Skoda trams as a Christmas tram and parade it through the city with a complete crew of Santa Clauses and, apparently, the sound system for the gong programmed with a little Christmas music.

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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aQjGtdN64U

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> If the mechanical platform for the tram looks a little familiar (apart from being the same class as trams that Skoda has supplied and is supplying to a number of cities across Europe), this is because it's essentially the same as for the Melbourne E. In this case it's 37 metres long and can be built as 45 metres (four modules), hence the potential space for extra doors that you can see - Tampere having opted for few doors in this case. Some information on the Tampere tramway is here:

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> https://www.tampereenratikka.fi/en/

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> I would say that this longer tram would be a good idea for Melbourne except that there may be a few kinematic envelope issues!

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> Tony P

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