Re: Tram spotted on L1
  Tony Galloway

No, they don’t give the trams an easy time of it, and their problems started four years ago, so this was the tramway to put the stress test on the type.

I wonder how much of the CAF legal defence was the tough operating conditions - if they did, the judges (there’s usually a panel of judges in French courts) didn’t buy it.

Tony

> On 27 Nov 2021, at 4:11 pm, Mal Rowe mal.rowe@...> wrote:

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> On 27/11/2021 15:47, Tony Galloway wrote:

>> The Besançon operating environment :

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>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3IimY2Vc8M

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>> All hills and curves, so the wrong tram from the start.

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> Thanks Tony,

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> That track would be challenging for any fixed truck tram.

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> The coincident curves (vertical and horizontal) at the 24 minute mark would be enough alone to break a Citadis.

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> I am struck by the speed limit signs - they seem to be placed based on risk at points of intersection with motor and pedestrian traffic and not to reduce wear and stress to the tram and tracks on curves as in Melbourne.

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> See for example: https://tdu.to/i/17251 - where the curve is exaggerated by the telephoto lens and it's even a proper bogie tram.

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> Mal Rowe in city with a challenge for the 'F class'.

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