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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇

Sep 18, 2022 • 7 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X

"We'll always need big diesel trucks in our cities to deliver freight. It's just reality."

Not so fast. The electric "Cargo Tram" has long been a fixture in many cities in #Europe.

🧵🚋

The city of #Karlsruhe uses light-rail vehicles and "tram-trains" to carry consumer goods between city-center hubs, which are then delivered by electric cargo bikes.

TramFret employs old trams to shuttle groceries around in the city of Saint-Etienne, #France.

One of the oldest systems was found in the city of Kharkiv, #Ukraine. Starting in 1932 they used miniature electric locomotives to move mainline freight wagons through the streets.

A city in #Roumania, Iaşi, has even launched a "recycling tram" to collect old electronic consumer goods.

„Tramvaiul Reciclării”

More history on Güterstraßenbahn (Cargo or Freight Trams) here:
eurogunzel.com/2018/09/freigh…

Don't get me started on the lost history of cargo transport by electric-powered canal boat! But that's a whole other thread...

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