My experience was in Goteborg, likewise absolutely unforgettable and the vintage tram even had a transponder to get traffic light priority!
Greg
On 15/03/2024 10:44 am, Mark Skinner wrote:
> I note the subtle "retro" reference in the first scene where the tram heads backwards into the reversing triangle.
>
> It's not only Prague though. I had an experience in Warsaw with a single trucker going all out. Absolutely unforgettable.
>
> Mark Skinner
>
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2024, 12:06 am TP, historyworks@...> wrote:
>
> It didn't help that my view of trams was formed by this, before I
> returned to experience modern tram operation in Australia (and
> this was filmed in a heritage tourist tram, never mind a regular
> service!):
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5tqfuikKC8
>
> This ruined me for life.
>
> Gold Coast and Canberra have had a crack at something better,
> though helped by longer stop spacings and priority, but otherwise
> why are our Australian trams driven like hearses?
>
> Tony P
>
> On Thursday 14 March 2024 at 20:14:10 UTC+11 TP wrote:
>
> A tram with dedicated tram lanes and the same number of stops
> should take about 20 to 22 minutes, 25 at the absolute
> outside, to cover 8.5 km. They're both terrible operations,
> but Melbourne has the excuse of a number of legacy
> institutional constraints, including lack of priority. Sydney
> L2 was designed and built as a new line and has no excuses
> other than incompetence.
>
> Also, I don't think there's generally a tradition of quick
> public transport journeys in either city and the status quo is
> sort of accepted, except by those few who have experienced
> better systems elsewhere. Sydney is now getting an eye-opener
> with the metro and the technology revolution on the ferries
> that have both speeded up journeys immensely. Light rail,
> buses and suburban trains will doubtless continue to amble
> along as they always have. The old tram system was faster.
>
> Tony P
> (who finds riding Sydney's light rail is like watching grass grow)
>
> On Thursday 14 March 2024 at 14:46:30 UTC+11 Richard Youl wrote:
>
>
> Which Tram is Slower? Sydney L2 or Melbourne 96?
> https://youtu.be/gJ7st9dn0as
>
>
>
> Richard
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