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While many cities Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (C.I.S - formerly the U.S.S.R) have kept their trams has anyone here ever noticed that not many first generation tramway networks, even in this large portion of Eurasia, survived without using a substantial portion of...

Most of our trams have headlights on at all times, and often they are just as bright on bright days as at night. Our trams share the road with many other vehicles that have headlights off during the daytime, except at times of restricted visibility. This is not only true here in Australia but...

This is the thread to post upcoming project openings. Both the community open days/official opening events and dates when projects are open to traffic/passengers. Thought it would be a good idea to consolidate this list in the one place without needing to click through pages of discussion.

This thread is about public transport in Odessa, Ukraine. Map from urbanrail.net: http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ua/odessa/odessa.htm

This thread is about public transport in Kazakhstan

This thread is about public transport in The Hague. Map from urbanrail.net: http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/nl/dhg/den-haag.htm

This thread is about public transport in Brno. Map from urbanrail.net:

...Work in Progress... Streetcars have a very interesting history in North America. Once the main public transport mode, then gone almost extinct, finally since 1985 the rebirth. Here should be discussed the systems of North America that don't have a specific thread. But first please help me to...

From Railway Gazette: Map of the Mendoza light rail on urbanrail.net: Plus map of extension:

Cuiaba, Brazil Populatation: 569 830 inhabitants Map: Project:

Changchun Light Rail Transit (Changchun LRT) is a on-ground rail mass transit system in the city of Changchun, Jilin province, China. It is said to be the first light rail transit system on mainland China. The initial phase of Line 3 was completed in 2001, the 2nd phase was completed in 2007...

BRAZIL URBAN TRANSPORT COMPILATION Information on all urban public transportation and urban mobility in Brazil This thread is the internet's top source on public transportation & mobility projects in Brazil in English - current reality and projects. Informações detalhadas sobre projetos de...

Given that the tramway was neglected for years, it is good that there are track repairings, but I think it is still necessary to do the reconstruction, because they used the opportunity to incorporate different railtruck connections. Thus, for example, in front of The Main Train Station there...

The network is set around three central nodes: Bismarckplatz in Heidelberg, Paradeplatz in Mannheim and Berliner Platz in Ludwigshafen. The below map outlines the roughly 200 km of physical tracks; some 15 lines service the network with an overall route length of 307 km. Network: The network...

Granada Tram or Metro Does anyone have a link to the system being constructed in Granada? Is it a tramway or a metro? I've seen occasional references to it but nothing solid, no link to the transit authority building it.

Romanian buses BMC Probus 215 SCB Graf & Stift Ikarus 250 Ikarus 260 Man SL Man SL 1981 MAN SL283 MAZ 103 Mercedes-Benz O305G Mercedes-Benz O345 Conecto olvo B10M-55 1982 and one Tralebus of Tralebus- Graf & Stift GE152 M18 1988

Lille Powers Bus with Food Scraps From plate to engine: French city powers buses with food scraps LILLE, France, Sept 19, 2007 (AFP) - The French city of Lille is to power a 100-strong bus fleet using biogas fuel made from organic household waste, thanks to a pioneering recycling plant...

This is the future line A of Angers' tramway. The tram will be decorated with rainbow. You can see it: http://www.cotra.fr/pages/index.php?page=tramway

Linhas de eléctrico são pesadelo para motociclistas Equipamentos são ainda mais perigosos em dias de chuva Em Lisboa existem cerca de 20 quilómetros de linha de eléctricos da Carris desactivadas que constituem uma verdadeira dor de cabeça para quem conduz, principalmente para os...

More photos at : http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden-transit.htm