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Rubber-tyred tram in Clermont-Ferrand, France. A rubber-tyred tram (also known as tramway on tyres, French: tramway sur pneumatiques) is a development of the guided bus in which a vehicle is guided by a fixed rail in the road surface and draws current from overhead electric wires (either via pantograph or trolley poles).
Rubber tyres used for the Translohr rubber-tyred trams. Rubber-tyred trams are trams that are guided by fixed rail, but also make use of rubber tyres. A rubber-tyred tram is a guided bus which is guided by a fixed rail on the ground and uses overhead cables like a conventional tram. This can allow the vehicles to match the capacity of ...
5000 series central rail-guided rubber-tyred rolling stock operated by Sapporo City Transportation Bureau, Japan, and built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company. A rubber-tyred metro or rubber-tired metro is a form of rapid transit system that uses a mix of road and rail technology.
Translohr vehicles are now providing tram-like service in Clermont-Ferrand. Trams in Padua Translohr.. Translohr is a rubber-tyred tramway system, originally developed by Lohr Industrie of France and now run by a consortium of Alstom Transport and Fonds stratégique d'investissement (FSI) as newTL, [1] which took over from Lohr in 2012.
The system gradually expanded and reached its peak in 1933 with 116 tramcars. Later however, like most cities around the world, the tram service was abandoned in 1972 due to its perceived inefficiency. Trams returned in Tianjin in 2006. Commercial service started in 2007. Unlike standard tramway, the Translohr rubber-tired LRT system was adopted.
At the end of the Second World War, the tram suffered many setbacks. As cars began to become more popular, the government did not focus any effort on public transportation systems, but instead on the expansion of roads and highways. The tramlines were gradually replaced by buses. The last tram in Clermont-Ferrand ran on 17 March 1956. [8]
Restarted in 2019 as standard gauge conventional tram Trams in Dijon: 19 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 750 V Originally metre gauge (1895-1961), restarted in 2012 as standard gauge: Clermont-Ferrand tramway: 15.7 km Rubber-tyred tram: 750 V Translohr: Trams in Grenoble: 43.7 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 750 V
Pages in category "Rubber-tyred metros" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Rubber-tyred metro; A.