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Trackless Trams

2021-11-16 19:32:46.537317+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Are trackless trams really ready to replace light rail?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, these claims turned out to be wildly premature. By January 2020, rutting at the first commercially operating Trackless Tram line in the Chinese city of Zhuzhou was so severe that the optical guidance system was no longer capable of docking at stations, rendering the line noncompliant with disability codes after only one year of operation.

Are Trackless Trams the solution to our problems?

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