Yes it has swivelling bogies Mal. Unless something has changed in their
policies, Skoda won't do overseas manufacturing outside Europe (the sole
exception being its licence to CRRC for orders within China only).

Tony P

On Wednesday, 20 January 2021 at 08:54:15 UTC+11 Mal Rowe wrote:

> 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.

>

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

>

> 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:

>

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

>

> I would say that this longer tram would be a good idea for Melbourne

> except that there may be a few kinematic envelope issues!

>

> Tony P

>

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