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On the year 2000, the city of Nancy🇫🇷 opened its TVR. The 1st ever "tram on rubber tires" seemed a promising new form of public transport

In March 2023, the Nancy TVR, the last system of its kind, will be shut down

This public transport "fail" well deserved a visit & thread📸🚎
TVR stands for "Transport sur Voie Réservée", although it is also known in English as GLT Guided Light Transit

Conceived by 🇧🇪 company BN in the 80s, it was finally developed commercially by Bombardier in the 90s

The bi-mode vehicle can run on a guided track or without guidance
TVRs are hybrid, able to run on electric ⚡ mode & with a diesel ⛽ auxiliary generator

40% of the route is actually done with manual driving (no guidance rail), but all of the line is driven under ⚡, at least on normal circumstances

Diesel mode is for rides to depot & detours
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Let's talk about this #Gadgetbahn: the Padova t̶r̶a̶m̶ guided bus.
Firstly, let's get the important question out of the way... What is it?

If the branding of the system is to be believed, it's a tram. Spoiler alert: it isn't.
Because a glance under the sideskirts and at the roadway reveals that the branding is fibbing: the vehicles are supported on rubber tyres, and the single steel rail only acts as a guideway.
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#CrossBorderRail Day 13 - welcome to today’s thread twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Europe’s top cross border regional network apparently
It’s still a grim SUV. Whatever powers it
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