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Video, Canberra tram: www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/trams-a-one-minute-guide/vi-AAVuADu?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=a439835c5d6c49918d11e73444c084cd

Sat.26.3.22 Metro Twitter
Flinders St: still with a lane closed for tunnel works? [reopened by July]
Mernda line: Buses replace trains Parliament - Reservoir until the last train of Sun 27 Mar (maintenance works).  Buses replace trains Flinders St - Reservoir during Night Network hours.
Hurstbridge line: Buses replace trains Parliament - Heidelberg until the last train of Sun 27 Mar (maintenance works).  Buses replace trains Flinders St - Heidelberg during Night Network hours.
Lilydale/Belgrave/Alamein/Glen Waverley lines: All trains direct to/from Flinders St all day (maintenance works).   From Loop stations, take a train from pfm 2 or 3 to Flinders St.
Lilydale/Belgrave lines: Buses replace trains Camberwell - Box Hill until the last train of Sun 3 Apr (works).
-  I clicked on the link, and it contained nothing relevant to this replacement.  I fear the worst.  Metro has never once done a proper replacement in this section.  Buses arrive at the far end,  and hapless passengers have to wait for 20 min, and lose 30 min per journey.
Pakenham line: All trains will not stop at Hallam until the last train of Sun 1 May (level-crossing work).  Shuttle buses will operate Dandenong - Hallam - Narre Warren.  No access to station facilities or platforms during this time.

‘The seats aren’t comfy but you’ve got a beer’: readers’ favourite tram rides.  Guardian readers Thu 24 Mar 2022
Brilliant trips in vintage and modern carriages take our tipsters to beaches, villages, town squares and waterfalls, with breathtaking vistas en route
* Winning trip: A wee dram on a pub tram, Helsinki
Helsinki has a small and sensible tram system, except for the wonderful SpåraKoff “pub” tram: a bright red single carriage that loops around the city, serving mostly beer and “long drink” (gin and grapefruit soda; please, try the long drink) to passengers. It covers most of the usual sights in town and without any annoying commentary. The seats aren’t particularly comfy and the decor is mostly wood but you’re on a tram, with beer, so already having the best afternoon/evening of the week. For Helsinki, drinks are reasonably priced at less than €8 a pint and there’s an ever-changing wine list. Just to make it extra special, it has a toilet, so you might never need to leave.
A thirst for trams … the SpåraKoff in Helsinki serves beer as well as gin and grapefruit soda, known in the city as the ‘long drink’. Photograph: Bill Miller/Alamy
*  The trams on Hong Kong Island are affectionately known as “ding dings” and run down the main road arteries for more than 13km, west to east, between Kennedy Town and Shau Kei Wan. To drift along this urban canyon’s length takes about two hours and costs 25p, and the sights are unending. From the windows of towering residential monoliths in every pastel shade, satellite dishes and air con units strain outwards for light. Below, cardboard trolleys and shining automobilia are shunted through the narrow streets, lit by retail neon. From the slightest cracks jungle trees leap up, coalescing in parks. Float by the Bank of China and HSBC towers. There’s no better way to relax in the world’s most manic city.
Hong Kong Ding dings Photograph: agefotostock/Alamy
* Ripe for reopening: Trieste, Italy
The tram runs between the hills at Villa Opicina near the Slovenian border and the lovely Adriatic city of Trieste, about 6km away. It becomes a funicular using cables to help navigate the steepest sections. The views are wonderful, the experience is unusual and you have the opportunity to visit two countries in one trip. The tramway has been closed since August 2016, following an accident, but the authorities are hopeful that, after several scandals and mishaps, the line will reopen this year. I can’t wait to return and enjoy a ride, followed by beautiful food and wine in one of Trieste’s old squares.
Tram to Opicina  Photograph: Image Professionals GmbH/Alamy
* Desirable streetcar, New Orleans.  While they’re not quite urban icons in the way that trams often are, New Orleans’ characterful streetcars are undoubtedly the best way to explore the city’s charming scenery and rich history. Board the vintage streetcar on the outskirts of the French Quarter where Common Street meets St Charles Avenue, and make yourself comfortable on the mahogany seats. The St Charles line (the oldest continuously operated streetcar line in the world, having opened in 1835) takes passengers through Uptown and the eye-catching Garden District, passing iconic mansions, parks, museums and enticing local shops. For $1.25, this old-fashioned experience is well worth the money.
New Orleans street car  Photograph: Alamy
* Halts for hikers, Germany Railcar of Kirnitzschtal Tramway
If you have ever taken the train between Dresden and Prague, then you may have already noticed the gorgeous rock formations of the Elbe Sandstone mountains along the Elbe River valley in the so-called Saxon Switzerland of Germany. The 8km-long Kirnitzschtalbahn or the Kirnitsch Valley Tramway runs between the spa town of Bad Schandau and the Lichtenhain waterfall. The tram will take you up to the waterfall or to various access points for hiking throughout the region – the Malerweg or Painters’ Way has inspired generations of artists. The tram’s final stop is home to the delightfully kitsch, half-timber Lichtenhainer Wasserfall hotel, which offers hikers and vintage tram enthusiasts alike a well-earned beer or, if you prefer, kaffee und kuchen.
 Photograph: mauritius images GmbH/Alamy
* Sheffield Supertram.  Catch the yellow line to Meadowhall for £4.60 return. There’s a beautiful vista of Sheffield after Fitzalan Square as you ride over the viaduct. Alight at Attercliffe, cross the footbridge over the canal for another gorgeous view before heading down. Stroll along the Sheffield and Tinsley canal for as long as you like for a peaceful and picturesque walk through nature, cutting through the old industrial heartland of Sheffield. Head back on the tram at either Arena, Carbrook, Meadowhall South or even Rotherham to return home, all stops accessible via the canal.
A tram outside Sheffield Cathedral Photograph: John Keates/Alamy
* River to sea, Porto.  Porto has a few beautiful old reconditioned trams in operation on routes 1, 18, 22. We took the No 1, which has a stunningly scenic route from Rebeira to Foz overlooking the Douro River the whole way. The route does get busy and runs roughly every half an hour. You can go earlier in the day or wait for the next one, like we did. It costs €3.50 one way, or a bit more return – you can use contactless to pay on the tram. When at Foz it’s lovely to watch the mighty waves crash and admire the beautiful lighthouse.
Old tram in the old city, Porto  Photograph: toxawww/Getty Images
* Antiquity on the line, Alexandria, Egypt.  This ancient city’s extensive tram routes, built in the second half of the 19th century and electrified in 1902, are the best way to sample the life, colour and people of Alexandria. For 5p one can have a 90-minute trip through the old areas of the city including the harbours and out to the eastern suburbs. Each carriage has its own conductor and the first one in the blue tram is reserved for women. The conductor squeezes his way through the passengers issuing tickets. Sellers of merchandise all pass through, plying their wares. Outside, the business of Alexandria is conducted on, and next to, the tram lines. If you want to see life slowly in one of the oldest cities in the world, take the tram.
Tram passing the Neoclassical Unknown Soldier Monument, Alexandria  Photograph: Ariadne Van Zandbergen/Alamy
* Cream and green dream, Melbourne. Three cheers for Melbourne’s tram system, reputedly the world’s largest urban system, making travel a breeze for visitors and residents alike. It is sleek, modern, frequent, reasonably priced (some zones free) and covers more than 250km of track. We made good use of the tree-lined route 96, which runs 13.9km from Brunswick East to St Kilda Beach. The day pass is especially good value. We also enjoyed the historic cream and green City Circle tram: free, with audio commentary, taking you round the major city landmarks – a great introduction to this lovely city.
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A vintage tram on Melbourne’s City Circle line. Photograph: Picasa/Moment Editorial/Getty Images
* Dinky and delightful, south-east Devon Seaton’s vintage three-mile tramway is dinky in stature but it’s worth taking this trip in the Devon countryside. The narrow gauge line runs classic electric tramcars at half to two-thirds scale. The trams moved in after Beeching closed the Seaton branch line in the 1960s and the route now transports holidaymakers and enthusiasts inland to Colyton. It travels alongside the Axe estuary, Seaton Wetlands nature reserve and the River Coly, so the views change with the seasons and it’s worth bringing your binoculars if you like spotting birds. You can also book a driving experience where you can ring the bell yourself. Fares are £12 and £9.60 (children) but there are other rates for families.
A green tram travels along the Seaton tramway on its way to Colyford.  Photograph: Gartland/Alamy
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* I've become a great convert to trams since I moved to Berlin. They've not only re-entered the former West of the city since unification, but with serial line extensions are gradually creeping closer to my home in Moabit. However, unlike Sheffield, they don't have a destination called Halfway. No, they go right there.
* I have always been close to trams in Germany. My home in Berlin is on a street with one. It`s one with a good rep on attractiveness as it meanders round the lakes (68) though I remain unconvinced (as does the link below). We may not have "Halfway" but we do have the functional delights of "Concrete Factory" and "Tyre Factory" and such. www.secretcitytravel.com/berlin-august-2015/berlin-tourism-tram-68-lake-trip.shtml Like you say, we have a lot of them in the east and sometimes this can be slightly annoying (like that pedestrian crossing sequences can take forever) but then you remember that it is better than having, say, built up railway stations in the middle of your old town or by the lakes.
* I so envy you Köpenick! I love tramming it there and beyond, like the miniature village of Alt-Schmöckwitz at the end of your 68. Also the 61 through the woods on the north side of the Müggelsee, whatever the season. (But they've made a right haimes of all the interchanges at Schöneweide.)
* Yes, thinking about it, the 61 would probably be at least as good as Friedrichshagen and Müggelsee and the woods really are very good.
* Rather predictable that the Croydon Tramlink was sniffily overlooked. The breathtaking eruption into South Norwood Country Park between the Harrington Road and Arena stops is a bucket-list perennial. The bit after Reeves Corner where you ascend like you're on a roller-coaster is another must-do
* Say what you like about it, the Croydon trams hugely improved my commute, to the point where I could actually regularly get to work on time. After years of waiting for buses in the same way that one waited for Godot I finally had a reliable means of getting to the station. Even if they did compulsorily purchase part of my front garden to build the thing …
* Innsbruck has 44km of tramways. You can travel from the city into the Stubaital, flanked by vertiginous mountains, then take a bus ride, which takes you to the end of the valley, from whence a cable car takes you up to the Stubaier Gletscher, open for Skiing throughout the year, and almost into Italy. Or you can ride past the iconic Olympic Ski-jump hill on the route that takes you through deep forests half-way up the Patscherkofel to Igls. You can get a cable car to take you the rest of the way if you would prefer not to walk, but the walk is not too steep and takes you through more and deeper forests to the shrine at Heiligwasser and on up to the Alm where, in summer, the beautiful alpine cattle graze on the rich summer grass interspersed with blooming alpines (stunningly blue gentians). Whichever way you go there will be beautiful views of fantastic scenery.
* the Sheffield one looks embarrassed to be called super
* Lived in Sheffield when the trams were new. 'Super' works, but only if spoken by a local.
* It’s a good network but needs expanding/modernising. We chose our house based on being near the tram as my wife doesn’t drive. Much less squeaky and screechy than manchester ‘metro’ (trams).
* ‘metro’ (trams).
* If it was expanded it would be superb never mind super tha’ knows! It did amuse me when they were building it down Middlewood Road in that they had to move the old tram lines to put the new ones in. Shame the old network was ever replaced. But for all the sneers from outsiders Supertram is clean, quick and efficient. And unlike unfriendly Manchester people will talk to you as well.
* I'm from Sheffield and although I do drive, I also use supertram from time to time. People ARE friendly here! Unlike Manchester, as you say. It's almost like being in London when I'm on a Mancunian tram.
* It was probably called that because many people could remember the old system, before closure in 1960: slower, but much more extensive.
* Vienna - a superb example of an integrated system of trams, buses, undergrounds and suburban railways. Expanding steadily as demand increases. Warning: buy your ticket before you board!
* Love the transit system in Vienna! Simple, easy and excellent value.
* Warning: buy your ticket before you board! Several years ago, I spent part of a summer in Vienna. One evening I was waiting at the Schottentor terminal for a tram to take me from 'downtown' back to my apartment. Waiting with me were quite a few others, including a selection of Vienna's finest, ranging from a school girl to a young man in a suit and shabby looking guy with a huge lump on his forehead who was literally eating stuff out of a garbage bin. Once we were all on board the right line and the tram had departed, this improbable trio suddenly produced WL badges and ID's, showing that they were, in fact, ticket inspectors. From that moment on, the trip got very expensive very quickly for a number of passengers. Way more expensive than my weekly pass at least.
* You can tell a lot about a country by the quality of its undercover ticket inspectors.
* The number 4 in Gent. Goes right by my local, takes you past all the landmarks and into some of the more characterful residential districts.
* Number 17 tram in Prague takes you from the hilltop suburb of Kobylisy down through leafy Troja and into town travelling alongside the Vltava river with wonderful views of the old and then new town passing close to Charles Bridge and the National Theatre. It then takes you south to Modrany. One of many brilliant cross-city rides in the city.
* Any of the cross-city rides set you up for the day. My particular favourite is number 16, it gets you to Flora, then the cemetery, then the entrance into Prague 10'
* Okoncete vystup a nastup, dvere se zaviraji.
* I first encountered trams in Vienna as a teenager on a trip with my youth orchestra. Coming from Northern Ireland where everything was grotty and decimated, this was the most beautiful place on earth. I must have a very sensitive memory for sounds, because now I just love to hear that beautiful clackety-clack noise so unique to trams and I am filled with nostalgia for that great trip and a really good time in my otherwise miserable teenage existence.
* I spent the summer of my first year at university in Vienna instead of going back to recession-hit Coventry. I met two girls on the same language course as me and together we had the most wonderful time, looking round, having fun, perpetually short of money and being bought drinks by friendly local youths who, if they ever had designs on us, were singularly unsuccessful. I had a chaste summer romance with the PhD student taking my class, who soon learned never to take me out without feeding me at some point. The first time we went out gallivanting on the tram we didn't have tickets. I honestly don't remember if this was by accident or design. Anyway, miles into our journey we were told off severely by the black-uniformed conductor. We were terrified he would turf us off or fine us. We were very grateful as we were way out of the suburbs by then and had no idea where we were. Mind you, knowing us, we would have shown a leg, Claudette Colbert-style, to get us back to our Studentenheim on Garnisongasse. I loved going on the trams and would eke out my minuscule funds to ride on them. Like you, I remember that trip as one of the best times of my life. Thank you for bringing it to mind.
* Gothenburg!
* Yes, I can jump on the tram at the bottom of our hill. In one direction we're 20 minutes or so from the bright lights of the city, and the sea and archipelago can be reached in the other direction. Not terribly expensive for a Nordic city, and they're reliable. Even the old 1960s vintage trams that somehow keep going.
* Lovely trams there. I like the old pale blue ones.
* I frequently visit Edinburgh and love tram. Every time I am on it I think I spot Ian Rankin's Rebus sitting by the window.
* People who visit Edinburgh might like the tram, however they're not lived through the 15 year ( and counting ) building process, with a bill three times ( and counting ) for a third of what we were promised.
* Which conveniently goes to and connects several different Government office locations, but isn’t really that useful for anything else, as I recall. Strange that.
* I live in Edinburgh too. I use them all the time, they're great.
* Special stop for the RBS HQ as well.
* I believe some people use it to get to or from airport. Strange indeed.
* How nice for you, do you think that the ' network ' that was originally proposed of which less than a third has been delivered, at more than four times the original price taking six times longer than was promised has been a good use of taxpayers money?
* Bielefeld trams for leaving the city and going way off to the airports. No hassle, and I couldn't say my German was quite adequate. They make it so easy to get around.
* Montpelier trams are wonderfully cool on a sweltering August day, the ones in Angers tip-up at an amazing 50m outdoor pool, Bordeaux ones are reportedly good too. Sheffield ones were really functional and useful and, I appreciate there was some financial shenanigans, but Edinburgh from the airport is great, as is Toulouse, no fannying about, get on a tram and whiz, you are in the city. Very civilised way of travelling, especially if we all take the Helsinki model and make them pubs on rails.
* Basel has approximately 80km of excellent trams (Basel City BVB and Basel-Land BLT). You can cross borders into France and Germany easily.
* The original trams on Strasbourg's new network were made in York, but the much expanded lines now stretch across the (Rhine) border into Germany. I know of no city with more than 100k population in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria or Thueringen without a tram network, and you can add to those Mulhouse, Zuerich, Bern, Cologne, Frankfurt, Dresden etc. Trams make life simpler.
* Melbourne native. The tram depicted, whilst charming, is prone to breaking down in hot weather.. I do miss getting on the tram and going to the beach though. The Kirnitsch Valley tramway and the one in Devon look wonderful.
* Indeed the tourists who frequent the old wooden trams on the City Circle line are in danger of breaking down from the heat on a hot summer's day.
* But the open doors were great, especially coming home from school on hot summer days when the trams were packed. Instead of being hermetically sealed inside a metal box, you are rattling along inches from danger. Fantastic.
* The S-Zug party tram in Bremen - if it still runs.
* Melbourne, early nineties in the markets area, I tripped, did a complete forward roll, and regained my footing and a modicum of elan and dignity as I sauntered on my way, gaining a generous round of applause from the early evening clientele.
* I like the trams in Lisbon. They are a delight to travel on.
* Brussels tram route 44 goes for much of its length through bits of the Foret de Soignes/Zonienbos, and the last km or so gets away from the road entirely into thick forest. It makes a very pleasant ride, ending at the newly decolonised and reopened Central Africa Museum.
* The 81 is a nice urban counterpart, slicing right through a lot of lively neighbourhoods in Etterbeek, Ixelles, St. Gilles and Anderlecht.
* Tramvia Blau to Tibidabo in Barcelona
* 'Temporarily closed' - with no reopening date yet.
* The Queen Street streetcar in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Always entertaining. Bring your own beer.
* In summer, you can get sand in your shoes without going to the beach.
* Fortress Hohensalzburg take the funicular, runs every ten minutes to a majestic war museum within the castle, and what amazing views across this beautiful city.
* The Setagaya line in Tokyo, running between Sangenjaya and Shimotakaido, offers glimpses of suburban Tokyo with houses built right up to the tracks. It's the best way to travel to Setagaya Boro Ichi, a huge flea market held on 15th and 16th December and January each year. One of the last two remaining tramways in Tokyo.
* We had a memorable Christmas meal on the Melbourne restaurant tram. Kangaroo starters, copious wine and a visit from Santa who bore a passing resemblance to the tram conductor.
* Zurich
* Geneva too.
* My first job was at Firth-Vickers steel works in Sheffield and used the old tram network to travel to work from where I lived in Woodseats, on the South side of the city, to the tram terminus in Weedon Street in Tinsley on the North East Side. Loved the old trams and a shame they got rid of them. Have used the Supertram on my fairly infrequent trips back to my home town and whilst it is good it needs to be extended.
* The Metro in Manchester....coming into the city from the south, past the soaring towers around Castlefield, then the slope down to street level between the old central station and the Bridgewater Hall past the splendour of the Midland Hotel and on into St Peter's Square with the marvelous central library........love it!
* My favourite recollection of a tram is from Adelaide city centre to Glenelg. When I was visiting Adelaide for a week many years ago I enjoyed being able to take a pleasant tram ride to the beach at Glenelg. I understand the routes have been changed now but in my memory the tran will chug to the beach every afternoon.
* They still run from Glenelg to Adelaide. The routes have been extended and new ‘modern’ trams have been running for well over 10 years. Travel is free in the city centre and several dollars through the suburbs. There’s talk of bringing the old red rattler trams for tourists on the weekend.
* I think that old one is what I remember riding to Glenelg in 2000.
* The Coast Tram from Knokke-Heist via Ostend to De Panne in Belgium is a major omission - 67km (the world's longest tram route) along the coast is excellent and very accessible from the UK and runs every 10 minutes in the summer...
* It is a remarkable line and a lot of Belgian life is on view.
* I had my first ever tram ride on that, from Blankenberge to Zeebrugge and back!
* All these different examples but if your interest is in the trams rather than the places they serve then Crich Tramway Museum in Derbyshire is the place to go to see and ride on them
* No mention of the Alicante tram system? The modern, comfortable vehicles travel right along Muchavista beach for miles, and then later cling to the beautiful rocky coast, before finally arriving in the magical land which is.... Benidorm.
* I am astounded that the article failed to mention the Manx Electric Railway here on the Isle of Man, the oldest electric tram line in the world whose original rolling stock is still in service (the newest tramcar dates back to 1906). There are more than 60 official stops or stations on the 17-mile trip between Douglas and Ramsey - in the summer season you can also change at Laxey for a separate trip up Snaefell, the only mountain on the Island.
* I submitted a paragraph on the Manx trams.
* I first encountered trams in Lucerne when I worked there as a student in a hotel. Utterly efficient as you would expect in Switzerland - I was more used to Glasgow buses. The hotel I worked in was on the outskirts, on Lake Lucerne, so i used the tram to get into town and out again during my hours off. Happy days.
* In Montpellier every tram line is decorated differently my favorites are line 3 and 4 both decorated outside and inside by Christian Lacroix. Line 3 goes down towards the sea so has a seaside decoration inside blue and green with orange coral support bars. Line 4 which is the circle line is Venetian gold with jewels.
* The Great Orme Tramway in Llandudno is worth a mention (and a visit). It's a cable-hauled funicular system which goes almost all the way up to the summit of the Great Orme headland (207 m elevation), from where you have stunning views of the town and the sea.
* I’ve had a drink on a Swiss Tram (during the night of the Museums), seen Santa drive a tram and one Sunday a month there is a dining tram with 3 course meal - all in Basel.
* I'd rather have a comfy seat than a beer.
* In response to a few mentions of San Francisco in the comments: SF's iconic cable cars are not trams. They are powered not by overhead electrical wires, but by central motors in the power house that keep non-electric cables below street level moving continuously. Grip operators stop the cars by applying brakes that effectively detach the cars from the cables. San Francisco's trams are the more prosaic Muni Metro cars.
* They have the old vintage trams down the main st and up to the sea lions and back… (but yeah the other routes seem to be the silver box things that go underground)
* From wiki affirming my own experience: “Muni operates two heritage streetcar lines distinct from the Muni Metro: the E Embarcadero and F Market & Wharves. Formerly run for the Historic Trolley Festival, in the 1980s, regular service of heritage equipment began in 1995. Streetcars do not utilize tunnel segments and the F line utilizes infrastructure optimized for trolleybuses along Market Street (the former routing of all downtown streetcar lines before the formation of Muni Metro).”
* Where, in this, is the wonderful, unbelievable, Manx Electric Railway? Late Victorian trams, still in use, for twenty miles along the coast, with spectacular views, from Douglas to Ramsey. Some proper street running in Douglas and Ramsey, and the estimable Mines Tavern pub at Laxey which is right in the tram station. And when you get a wet day, as you can there, they bring out the "Winter Saloons", 1899 trams all panelled in teak and mahogany. Oh, and there's a line which climbs to the top of Snaefell, the island's highest mountain, as well. Marvellous from start to finish.
* I believe the Manx one was supposed to have an extra carriage, but they had to cut it off.
* Trams in Graz, Austria run through the city connecting sensibly with the bus services to the suburbs. You can even use your ticket to go on the funicular up to the top of the Schloßberg, and visit the Uhrturm or Clocktower, and look out over the old town, a World Heritage Site. You can then come back down in the glass lift inside the mountain or a giant slide (that costs extra). Then you must go for a proper Eiskaffee or a beer. Prosit!
* I lived in Budapest for 2 years (1982-1984) and loved the trams - and they cost pence. My daughter was a baby so I would have her in a pushchair. To get on, I'd turn my back to the steps,, climb up backwards and lift/carry the pushchair after me. Once the tram arrived as the cars in the next lane were waiting at a red light. As I turned to get up the steps, a man jumped out of his Lada, lifted the pushchair up for me, gave me a deep bow and got back in his car before the lights changed.
* I can't believe that no-one has mentioned Blackpool's wonderful trams. For many years, these were the only trams in England until the rest of the country re-discovered this form of urban transport.
The journey from Starr Gate on at the South end of the coast to Fleetwood Pier is a sheer delight. It takes about an hour and includes the whole panorama of the resort, including the Pleasure Beach, the three piers, Blackpool Tower, six miles of golden sands, and the stretch through the retirement communities of Anchorsholme, Cleveleys and Thornton Gate, to Fleetwood Pier with its poignant memorials to fishermen lost at sea.
I used to travel into town from New South Promenade on the way to school, sometimes with the waves crashing over the sea wall and the spray enveloping the tram.
As a student, I worked for five years as a tram conductor in my Summer vacation, meeting visitors from many parts of the World. Some years later, when our company was holding a meeting of managers from other parts of the country, I hired a double-decker tram to see the Blackpool Illuminations, with each guest provided with. a personal champagne hamper.
Now where else could you do that?
* I took part in a private tour of the Brno tram network on a pub tram. Excellent Czech beer and nibbles! Great trip.
* On several occasions I got the archaic tram from a platform adjacent to the platforms of Poprad Tatry and trundled gently up into the Tatra Mountains to connect with the rest of the tram network. Sadly lost to “modernisation”.
* What, no mention of the Great Orme Tramway? Other places might have their own attractions to add to the trams, but where else has wild goats not only on the craggy hill, but wandering round Llandudno. Steve Bell made the goats famous far and wide, but I don’t recall any cartoons including the goats.
* Berlin, Edinburgh and Amsterdam bring back great memories.
* There are trams all over Brussels, but his is a great trip on an old one: https://trammuseum.brussels/en/brussels-tourist-tramway/presentation/
* This is a really good subject for a travel article, though I tend to think of them functionally. One of the few I recall as being totally spectacular was Gotha to Tabarz (only info I can find is in German). The whole setting is spectacular in Thüringia, Germany`s "garden state".
https://www.tourismus-thueringer-wald.de/kulturregion/thueringerwaldbahn
I suppose one thing about spectacular tram routes is that they might be even better if you can walk them (like that one probably). I am sure I am not the only person who equates tram tracks to your route guide.
One system I just recall as being interesting and enjoyable was Athens, especially when it hits the coast line.
* My first dateable memory is of travelling on one of the last London trams on the 1st of June 1952 when I was just over two and a half years old. The service ended five days later, and for its final week travel on it was free, so my father thought that we should go from the Embankment to Hither Green that Sunday morning just to be able to say that we'd done it. I remember that it was very noisy and shook like an iron jelly, and I didn't like it one bit.
* I love the Hong Kong tram system. I've been on them, and photographed them, many times, including one with a manga themed ad for a game painted on the side.
* Great Orme tramway in Llandudno is a stunning trip on Trams which date back to 1902 and one of only 3 funicular tramways, the others being San Francisco and Lisbon.
* What about the Athens tram network passing the derelict but beautiful Olympic buildings.
* I travel the route the tram takes from the Ribeira, Porto to the mouth of the Douro each day. After 25 years I never tire of looking at the crooked cobbled streets and the skinny old houses leading down to the river. If you get tired of the tram, you can jump off and enjoy a beer or two in one of the many bars dotted along the way or enjoy the birds in their wetland habitat near the beach.
* National Tramway Museum in Crich, Derbyshire. You go on old trams on top of a massive hill in Derbyshire and the route starts and ends at a pub. What’s not to like (unless you don’t like trams, beer, or Derbyshire)?
* Whenever we visit a city with a tram netweork, my wife and myself set aside a day to travel on all or most of the system. It helps you to see how the place ticks. It also takes you to places no tourist would ever go to, and you meet people you would never have met otherwise. And at mealtimes you sometimes end up in a hostelry where you actually become the attraction. And all that practically free as daily runabout tickets are usually cheap. Some cities like Basel even provide hotel guests with "free" public transport passes for the duration of their stay.
* No Croydon Tramlink, with the wonders of Croydons architectural splendour & the beauty of Mitcham Common
* I was incarcerated in Croydon in November waiting for meetings with my son's social worker which were always cancelled. I took the trams to both ends of the lines and really enjoyed it. Can recommend.
* Franshoek wine tram, Cape region South Africa. Stops at glorious vineyards for tastings and food among astonishing scenery. Surely nothing better?
* Birmingham has some cracking trams.
* Unfortunately this is literal. The tram was suspended for several weeks in November and is currently suspended due to cracks.
* It also took almost 20 years to extend the tram half a mile from Snow Hill to New Street And they had to rip up the new track within 5 years.. When (if) extra lines are built it might actually be reasonably useful.
* The Ida Bay railway in Southport, SW Tasmania is not exactly a tram, but a small bush railway running through some of the most beautiful bushland scenery in the world with a deserted beach with silver sand at the end and wildlife everywhere.
* Dublin! The Luas tramlines go past historic O'Connell Street, views of the River Liffey, historic Trinity College...
* ...and all human life is there on the Red Line! The clientele of the Green is a lot more sedate.
* I've always thought that trams and trains are the most civilised modes of travel. Whenever I return to Melbourne from an overseas trip the first thing I do is catch a tram and then I know I'm home.
* One must acknowledge San Francisco, not just for its cable cars but the streetcars are also delightful in their own way. Also can never forget the tram ride up to the Great Orme in Llandudno!
* There is something quite relaxing about a tram, you know you’ll get there eventually … in a steady no stressed way. Any of those would be fun.
* Not always true... My school (in Melbourne) once booked a special to take us to a choir performance. The driver took a wrong turning and had to drive all the way to the end of the line to reverse. And on the way to my first job interview the driver suddenly stopped in the middle of St Kilda Road and said the union had called a strike. I had to get off and walk and heard rumours that they had welded the wheels to the rails. Still wouldn't swap them for anything else though!
* Not so relaxing, but definitely better travelling that way than in a car. Reading these comments I would quite like to move to Luxembourg where the tram travel is free.
* China has a lot of modern-tram cities these days, often serving the outer urban areas, connecting to the ends of metro lines so people can go into the centre. Unfortunately the old trams in Dalian were retired a few years ago, the only place you could travel on an old one in mainland China, to my knowledge. And maglevs, too, recent home-made ones in Beijing and Changsha, with more on the way, to add to the German-built Shanghai maglev which is nearly two decades old now.
* My great grandfather (possibly two greats) drove the first trolley bus/tram into Birmingham (UK). My grandfather drove the last one out. Helsinki, Prague, Italy, Spain, Adelaide Trams and trains are wonderful.
* As a proud Melbournian can I just say... Where's my helvetin "pub" tram?
* I live in Melbourne on the route of the cities longest tram line from the Docklands to Vermont South, some 24 km. The tram service is terrific. But my first experience of trams was in Glasgow in the '50s. My earliest memories oare waking up at night to the sounds as the removed the tracks from the Maryhill Road. Guess where the old double-decker trams went? Yep, Hong Kong and they have kept the basic design ever since. It has been a while since I have been in HK, but back in the '80's, many of those old trams were still going strong. Maybe some still are.
* Surprised no-one mentioned the Adelaide tram to Glenelg.
* Which, after a multi million extension, now also serves the world's most expensive hospital.
* While it is a museum, Sydney's privately-operated tram Museum at Loftus is a beauty www.sydneytramwaymuseum.com.au.  There is prison tram and the Museum regularly operates a variety of trams down a former heavy rail line, into the Royal National Park just opposite. It's right next to the Loftus Rail Station (the suburban one, as Loftus has become).
* What? No Isle of Man? The historic coastal MER tram from Douglas to Ramsey winds through spectacular coastal scenery on its 16 mile route, with stops at a number of beautiful glen walks and at Laxey for the world's biggest surviving mine water wheel. The branch line to the top of Snaefell Mountain offers views from the peak of 6 (or was it 7?) kingdoms on a clear day.
* I submitted a paragraph on the Isle of Man tramway (complete with photo!) for this article. They didn't use it
* MER runs straight past my window and is amazing. Fabulous views the whole way. They are obviously a bit uncomfortable but they are about 140 years old. Seven kingdoms btw. England,Ireland,Scotland,wales,Mann,Neptune and cough, heaven.
* By farthe best integrated city transport system is in Zurich where the the separate tram/bus signaling system overrides the automobile.
* A shame that other cities haven’t adopted this technology, which has been around for quite some time.
* It's pretty normal in Germany too. You can stand there for ages with apparently nothing and then a bus sweeps by. I mentioned it earlier, applies to pedestrians too.
* I remember a tram ride between two ski resorts in the Jungfrau region - maybe between Mürren and Grindelwald. The vehicle was like one on Melbourne’s wooden W class trams, but heated. Outside, snow as far as the eye could see.
* I was in Trieste in 1966 and the tram pictured is exactly the same as back then!
* the fine tram system in Toronto. You takes your life in your hands getting on and off though in the centre. The stops seemed to be the traffic light controlled intersections. These street cars ran down the centre of the road like they do here in Helsinki but lacked the bespoke islands for tram passengers to get on and off. As a Helsinki resident unless you want to go to the ferry ports where bus alternatives are few, travelling by tram is just sooooo slow.
* The 510 Spadina, the 501 Queen (along the Queensway), and the 512 St. Clair all operate on their own right-of-way with passenger islands. The King Street Pilot Project was made permanent a few years back and it restricts a 2.5 km stretch of downtown King St. to streetcars, cabs, and bicycles. Streetcars in Toronto can be slow due to overly cautious rules put in place by the TTC for crossing intersections and lack of priority signals. But as a Torontonian I wouldn't trade a streetcar ride down Spadina or the view of the city skyline across Riverdale Park from the 504 King car for anything. I'm glad you enjoyed your time in my town. :-)
* The remnant tram in Rio is also a classic, taking you from the city to suburbs. An adventure for a pittance.
* The New Orleans pic is of the Canal St line, rather than the St Charles Ave line mentioned. This is relevant because they both leave from more or less the same place but one is way more beautiful than the other.
* San Francisco's cable cars are trams by any other name. And one of the most famous and iconic systems in the world, enhanced by the unique traction system. A ride is a must if you visit. Bur none of today's systems seem to have "proper" double deck trams like those that once plied the streets of London, Liverpool, Glasgow, etc.
* WITH SMOKING.
* Add San Francisco trolleybuses too, also one of the most famous and iconic systems in the world with beautifully restored vehicles. Runs on rails, powered by overhead electricity, they're trams in all but name.
* Really scary stuff. Trundle up a vertiginous hill then breach the top and stare into nothingness as it prepares to go down the other side!
* Really jolly little seasidey tram from Soller to Port de Soller in Majorca.
* Soller itself is stunning.
* Even better when combined with the old German railway across the island from Palma.
* Soller is a lovely genuine place.
* I loved this journey. If you get on the last carriage, you can stand outside and imagine you are in a cowboy movie, enjoy the wind in your hair, contemplate the scenery.
* Leeds being my nearest city, all I can do is gaze longingly at photos of trams running up and down York Road in the 50s. I did go on a tram in Bilbao a couple of years ago and it was a lovely wee journey, crossing the river near "El Casco Viejo" (The Old Town) and heading for The Guggenheim. Bilbao has good buses, an underground metro system and trams. Imagine that! I worked in Sheffield for a while - a city that does have trams - but I contrived to work there when the tram network was being constructed, so I got all of the inconvenience and none of the benefits. Ho hum.
* The benefit for you living in Leeds is that it is the biggest city in Europe with no on-site public transport. Many don't envy you this.
* Croydon Tramlink.
* Love the little tram through Lisbon up to Alfama too. The one in Helsinki looks great! Je deteste Sheffield. I stood in wet cement there that wasn't sign posted about 20 years ago and haven't forgiven the city since. Also, taking a tram to Meadowhall is a timely reminder of how to completely fuck up a city centre. The city centre of Sheffield is a grim place because the council in Sheffield thought US style malls were the future in the 1980s. Go to Leeds instead- shitty transit system but so much going on in the vibrant city!
* I worked in Sheffield a few years ago, and was pleasantly surprised by some parts of the city. But your point stands: The Meadowhall did nothing for the city centre, and it suffers by comparison with Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle as a consequence.
* I see Helsinki provides competition for Frankfurt's Ebbelwei-Express, which has been running since the 1970s. You know you've cracked it when you can drink Apfelwein (the Ebbelwei in the name) neat without wincing.
* I did the Ebbelwei-Express when I visited Frankfurt in 1993. Gloriously tacky in a way that Germans can pull off perfectly. The oompah-band music on an endless loop was a nice touch.
* Tramway museum in Crich!
* I remember travelling from the (previous DDR) Germany to Prague. Best point was when we crossed the border all the prices in the restaurant car and bar dropped by 75% and the scenery was OK also
* I don't think that was on a tram though, although both cities have them.
* Hiroshima's tram system is a delight too
* There’s a funky vintage open air tram that runs up and over a picturesque mountain in Rio. Kids steal rides by hanging on the sides, and it winds through some great old neighborhoods.
* Santa Teresa.
* 4 others i've enjoyed:
- South End Pier Tram
- Amsterdam Trams
- Prague Trams
- San Francisco Trams
* May not be the same now, but I recall travelling from Den Haag to Delft by tram in the late 1980s. Strangely rural for a tram line.
* Sunny Sunday afternoon in Brussels, take one of the open air vintage trams on the route 44 from the tram museum to the Africa museum in Tervuren.
* No mention of the magnificent Kusttram, running pretty much the entire length of the Belgian coast? I had a wonderful holiday in Ostend a few years ago, and it was a great way to get around.
* almost 42 miles.
* I have done this. Brilliant idea. You can get a train to the main resorts of Knokke or Ostende and then a tram to explore, evade the crowds or just enjoy the scenery.
* What about the Isle of Man's tramway from Douglas to Ramsey. It's got the most amazing seaviews
* Or to the summit of Snaefell, on a clear day you can see Ireland, Scotland, Wales & England.
* I submitted a piece on the Manx trams but it wasn't picked. Some of the nicest views in Europe. Coast, countryside and villages. Also all the lovely floral displays at the tiny stations like Minorca Halt.
* "There’s a beautiful vista of Sheffield..."  Great people, lovely countryside, but a city-scape only Jonathan Meades could love.
* The so-called Supertram is a blight. Expensive, slow, and limited to two or three lines. It's nobody's choice. Faster to use the car or even the bus.
* The car is the blight. And with the price of city centre parking in Sheffield the tram is cheaper than the car. And no way could you get from Meadowhall to Crystal Peaks faster on a bus.
* Sheffield is surrounded by beautiful countryside and is renowned for it. Sixty-one per cent of Sheffield's entire area is green space, and a third of the city lies within the Peak District national park. There are more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens in the city, which is estimated to contain around 4.5 million trees. Unfortunately our council could not organise anything anywhere and that has been the case for decades.
* If Sheffield had anything like the help Manchester has received in developing its brilliant tram network, it would be an earthly paradise!
* In Luxembourg city we have a new and expanding tram system which will eventually go out to the airport. Like all public transport within the country it is free.
* Let's see if it reaches the airport some day. As it is, it is incredibly slow, for quite a few trips it is actually quicker to go by foot, and has done actually little to solve the congestion problem Luxembourg has.
* You must walk very very fast. It would take me well over an hour to walk from Hamilius to the terminus in Kirchberg and I can do it on the tram in 20 minutes or so. The congestion problems are caused by so many people wanting to show off driving around in their 4 by 4 tanks and not wanting to join the rest of us on the buses and trams.
* But at least it is keeping hundreds of buses a day out of the city centre and the station area.
* I can't help but notice that the UK ones are more expensive than everywhere else, just for a change.
* £12 for three miles. Are they actually serious? Think I'll put it towards the fare to Hong Kong.
* I was on holiday in Seaton 5 years ago and considered going on the tram - then worked out it would cost us more than £50, so sat on the beach and ate fish and chips instead
* Something not mentioned in the article is that Hong Kong's trams are double-deckers - and getting the seat at the front of the top deck is one of the great joys of life, whether on a bus or a tram.
* My daughter ensures any friend who tags along when we travel to the UK to visit the grandparents gets to enjoy the experience!
* Also the difficulty in getting OFF a busy tram - once managed to get one of our party through the tram and out of the door whilst all the band's instruments were passed through the window to him. He then had to wait 45 minutes for the rest of us to manage to get off and walk back to him!
* Yes, the one-way system where you get on at the back and have to move through the tram to get off at the front really doesn't work if it's busy.
* Lisbon trams are a great way to travel around the city.
* Especially given how hilly it is around the Alfama
* In the early 1960s the Lisbon tramcars - unchanged since the service started in 1901 - had a notice at the front end "É proibido falar com o motorista enquanto o eléctrico estiver em movimento. Qualquer passageiro que ignorar este aviso será responsabilizado pelo desastre resultante." ("It is forbidden to speak with the driver while the tram is in motion. Any passenger who ignores this notice will be held responsible for the ensuing disaster.")
* No mention of Blackpool?
* And no mention of Nottingham tram highlights, like the Wilkinson Street park and ride. Mind you, I think we've got the tightest curve on any standard gauge system (Lace Market).
* The HK Peak Tram is currently closed for refurbishment I think.
* Tram hopping in Milan is great fun, too
* And I think they are still using trams from the 1920s! I loved travelling in them.
* The best bit is that, as far as remember, the old and new run on the same routes so you never know whether a lovely sleek modern train or a lovely old vintage tram, will arrive first.

‘Dream come true’: Parramatta light rail inches towards completion. Andrew Taylor March 26, 2022
Transport Minister David Elliott said the multibillion-dollar Parramatta light rail line is a “dream come true”, but commuters will have to wait until next year to board a tram.
Mr Elliott on Saturday said the state government had learnt from its mistakes after tram services on the inner west line were suspended last November, when sizeable cracks were discovered in the 12-vehicle fleet, and commuters were forced onto replacement buses.
An artist’s impression of the light rail stop on Church Street in Parramatta.CREDIT:TRANSPORT FOR NSW
Mr Elliott said 99 per cent of the tracks for the first stage of the $2.4 billion light rail project had been installed, with the final 50-metre segment of the 12-kilometre line to be laid in the coming weeks.
“The community will start to see the fencing being removed as improvement works such as landscaping, road resurfacing, kerbing and footpath paving is complete,” he said.
Stage 1 of the Parramatta Light Rail will connect Westmead to Carlingford via the Parramatta CBD, and is expected to commence passenger services next year.
“We’re expecting by next year you’ll see some trams on these tracks,” Mr Elliott said. “They’re currently being trialled overseas.”
Asked if the Parramatta Light Rail would have the same trams used on the beleaguered inner west line, Mr Elliott said: “We’ll be making sure we don’t have similar problems.”
“I can promise the people of Parramatta that Transport for NSW have learnt from their mistakes.”
Mr Elliott also reiterated his support for stage 2 of the light rail line from Parramatta to Sydney Olympic Park.
He noted that construction costs were rising around the world, but said: “I’ll continue to advocate for everything that’s in our pipeline.”
Mr Elliott said he was excited to witness the “realisation of the government’s dream”.
“What we see before us is a dream come true for commuters,” he said. “It’s a dream come true for the people of Parramatta.”
Standing on a stretch of Church Street known as Eat Street because of its vibrant culinary scene, Mr Elliott said the area would return to an “exciting place” of entertainment and community as construction equipment was removed by Easter.
Work will also commence on the light rail stop on Church Street - the first of 16 light rail stops - which Mr Elliott said was “another exciting milestone”.
“I can’t think of a city anywhere in the world that is going to look as amazing as Church Street,” he said. “This is bringing together all those wonderful dining experiences we see in Europe, with a unique Australian opportunity for us to connect with the rest of the city.”
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Sat.26.3.22 Melbourne 'Herald Sun'.  Letters.
* CENTRAL Bicycle District.
* LAST week, Steve Price slammed the City of Melbourne’s investment in bike lanes and its public e-scooter trial. It’s great Steve is stirring a debate about transport policy in Melbourne — we need it.
But I wish to set the record straight on some “transport myths” he’s become caught up in. There are real-world studies, including my own team’s research at Griffith University, that are challenging these myths.
Steve talked about Chris Lucas’s restaurant in Flinders Lane. I actually led a study exploring this myth about how important cars are to restaurants. We compared the perceptions of 40 owners and managers of restaurants in inner-city Brisbane with the real-world travel and spending of their customers. We
included a variety of restaurant types, including the swanky ones.
When we surveyed the customers, a lot more of them walked, rode a bike or used public transport than the managers/ owners thought.
Further, it was the public transport users who spent the most. Previous research on retailing and transport found similar results, including one study done in South Melbourne.
Brisbane’s teething problems with its public e-scooters are pretty much resolved, as everyone got used to their arrival. Safety improved. Melbourne’s only part-way through this process right now. As people return to Melbourne’s CBD, investment in the most space- efficient forms of travel is needed.
Finally, Price noted folks from the bike lobby are on the “Green-Left” side of politics. Many aren’t. Many men in Lycra at your local cafe on the weekend work on Collins St.
So Steve, I’d be very happy to give you a tour of Brisbane’s thriving inner-city on a public e-scooter next time you’re in town. We could even go to a nice restaurant.
Professor Matthew Burke. deputy director. Cities Research Institute. Griffith University
* Congestion on roads. It is commendable that the Victorian government is maintaining our roads. However, there is congestion north, south, east and west for the motorist. There appears to be no forward thinking in this regard.

VICTORIA POLICE, PLANNED OPERATIONS
DECLARATION OF DESIGNATED AREA UNDER SECTION 10D (1) OF THE CONTROL OF WEAPONS ACT 1990
[usually these are streets surrounding railway stations].
IN DANDENONG
The Assistant Commissioner, Southern Metro Region, acting as a delegate of the Chief Commissioner of Police under Section 10D (1) of the Control of Weapons Act 1990, declares as a designated area in all public places within the City of Greater Dandenong that is within the area bounded by and including South of Scott Street and George Street, North of Cheltenham Road
and Foster Street, East of Robinson Street, Rudduck Street and Carroll Lane and West of Lonsdale Street as shown on the map below, but not including those roads. (Road has the same meaning as in Section 3 of the Road safety Act 1986.)
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a) This declaration will operate on the 29th of March 2022 between 10:00 am and 10:00 pm during which time members of the police force are authorised to exercise the following powers...[the usual]
IN DANDENONG
The Assistant Commissioner, Southern Metro Region, acting as a delegate of the Chief Commissioner of Police under Section 10D (1) of the Control of Weapons Act 1990, declares as a designated area in all public places within the City of Greater Dandenong that is within the area bounded by and
including South East of Henty Street, South of McFarlane Crescent, King Street and George Street, North of Foster Street and Princes Highway, East of Lonsdale Street and West of Stud Road as shown on the map below, but not including those roads. (Road has the same meaning as in Section 3 of the Road safety Act 1986.)
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This declaration will operate on the 29th of March 2022 between 10:00 am and 10:00 pm during which time members of the police force are authorised to exercise the following powers...
IN NARRE WARREN
The Assistant Commissioner, Southern Metro Region, acting as a delegate of the Chief Commissioner of Police under Section 10D (1) of the Control of Weapons Act 1990, declares as a designated area in all public places within the City of Casey that is within the area bounded by and including North East of Princes Highway, West of Narre Warren Road, South East of Raven Crescent and Fountain Drive and South West of Monash Freeway as shown on the map below, but not including those roads.
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a) This declaration will operate on the 31st of March 2022 between 10.00 am and 10.00 pm during which time members of the police force are authorised to exercise the following powers...
IN CRANBOURNE
The Assistant Commissioner, Southern Metro Region, acting as a delegate of the Chief Commissioner of Police under Section 10D (1) of the Control of Weapons Act 1990, declares as a designated area in all public places within the City of Casey that is within the area bounded by and includingihe Cranbourne Park Shopping Centre. North of Sladen Street and Cranbourne Drive, East of McLaren Avenue and Scott Street, West of Russell Street and
South of Clarendon Street as shown on the map below, but not including those roads. (Road has the same meaning as in Section 3 of the Road safety Act 1986).
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This declaration will operate on the 31st of March 2022 between 10.00 am and 10.00 pm during which time members of the police force are authorised to exercise the following powers...
IN PAKENHAM
The Assistant Commissioner, Southern Metro Region, acting as a delegate of the Chief Commissioner of Police under Section 10D (1) of the Control of Weapons Act 1990, declares as a designated area in all public places within the Cardinia Shire that is within the area bounded by and including South-East of Rogers Street and Stephenson Street, South of Henry Street, North of Flower Street, Drake Place, Bald Hill Road and Main Street and West of Racecourse Road as shown on the map below, but not including those roads.
(Road has the same meaning as in Section 3 of the Road safety Act 1986).
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This declaration will operate on the 30th of March 2022 between 10:00 am and 10:00 pm during which time members of the police force are authorised to exercise the following powers...