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Published: 2015-08-03 18:22:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 1165; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 9
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Antwerpen (Belgium), August 3rd 2015Quite an impressive appearance with their 43 meters length (that's 141 feet for you folks still used to Imperial), the new Bombardier Flexity 2 'Albatross' Super-trams are scheduled to enter service from September onwards, at which point they will start to replace the older PCC-trams of the 1960s.
However, pending their official introduction onto the City tram network, the new 'Albatross' trams have already started appearing in the city streets, as the tram-drivers are being instructed how to use them.
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Look at my dad go
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He's the best PokΓ©mon master there is
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Thank you!
And yes and no - Bombardier might be the Canadian firm, but it has its own factory over here in Belgium (the former BN/Brugeoise et Nivelles works in Bruges). Β They actually build quite a lot of railway stock, only recently they got a contract for some 234 sets of railway stock for the Belgian Railways.
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Thanks, pal. I didn't know all this!
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It's impossible to know all - but at least I've now managed to share a fact with you you didn't know yet! ;3
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A beautiful machine--I hope the inside matches the exterior's polish.
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I guess I'll find that out in about a month's time. >.>
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A space age's tram with the capacity of a small Jumbo. Β It's apparently got space for 380 passengers!
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... most of it standing space, though. >.>
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Ah, they were going to strip out a lot of the seats on our London commuter trains - thankfully I don't commute any more!
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Oh nice! Do you know if these will also go to on the premetro network? ( Because honestly, whose idea was it to have trams in a premetro network with no airco, so you need to have the windows always open which create a horrible loud noise?)
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Apparently, the first lines on which they would be used, would be Lines 3 (Zwijndrecht - Merksem) and 15 (Linkeroever - Boechout), which are the two main lines of the Premetro network - the other Premetro lines are 2 (Merksem - Hoboken), 5 (Wijnegem - Linkeroever), 6 (Metropolis - Olympiade), 8 (P&R Wijnegem - Astrid), and 9 (Linkeroever - Eksterlaar). Β The first tranche of trams for Antwerp consists of 14 7-parter trams of 43 meters, and 10 5-parter trams of 32 meters.
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Neat, reminds me a bit of our own Škoda 15T here in Riga: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ko⦠This one looks a tad bit longer and more futuristic, though.
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I see what you mean! ^_^
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I'm glad you do!
And I'm impressed - the Cable Cars are indeed world-famous. Β Although I assume you do not nearly get involved in as many car chases as some would believe...
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I do...
Well, thanks... I only did it for a few years, but it was a fun experience truly unique... ^ ^Β Good or bad, auto chases involving S.F. cable cars have become a Hollywood cliche. And - for understandable reasons - most don't involve the use of actual cable cars; prop model reproductions are used instead...
Thanks again. Pray all is well...
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Pft! They're already driving over. For more than a month already, I think.
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But you have different ones - our only have a driver's cab and doors on one side. >.>
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Really? That's weird.
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Well, Walt, the Antwerp tram system works with loops, unlike the Gent system which works with turning platforms on the end of the line.
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That's heresy, I tells you! heresy! 
No doubt the fault of your demonic mayor! Now, under the previous mayor, riding in loops was perfectly fine of course, but now, it's clearly evil!
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