Presumably they're equipped with wheelchair ramps, the most common method
of stepless access in Europe.

That apparent slackness in the wires is more down to a telephoto effect.
They don't look like that side-on.

Tony P

On Tuesday, 20 September 2022 at 12:50:17 UTC+10 mat...@... wrote:

> Can't tension pole compatible overhead with weights. It's probably tight

> as a piano string in the middle of winter.

>

> Nancy is really a guided trolleybus despite being referred to as a tram.

> Not all the route is guided, only 60% according to the Wikipedia entry.

>

> At the exit of one of the termini, they appear to have removed a section

> of guide rail at some point. From the end of the rail, there is a clear set

> of marks in the road showing someone drove off the end of the rail with the

> guide wheels still down and then veered towards the footpath. I haven't got

> a good look at the other transition points, I expect there will be

> multiple sets of marks in the road...

>

> One really noticeable thing was when running as a bus, even with the

> 'Kassel Curb', the gap between the vehicle and the platform was large. A

> wheelchair user would need a bridge plate. At the guided stops the gap was

> modern tram-like, with a small gap.

> Several stops had no platform at all and no kerb on the street. Step down

> to road level.

>

>

>

> On Tue, 20 Sept 2022 at 01:39, Jeremy Wainwright jew...@...>

> wrote:

>

>> Amazingly slack OHL!

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