Trams have come to Tom London Bus Blog! And also the Stadler Variobahn has immigrated to England. Today saw one of 6 new Stadler Variobahn trams go into limited passenger use. They have been in use between East Croydon and Wimbledon. They are actually for new Route 4 which will run between Therapia Lane and Elmers End. Although they are for Route 4, they are permitted to run on other parts of the network. I also had a small chat with Nicola Redman, Tramlink's Head of Projects, and she was saying about how they are air conditoned, unlike the existing CR4000 fleet, she also continued to say that the existing fleet will be getting a midlife refurbishment, despite being lightly refurbished 3 - 4 years ago. These are also Stadler's first ever Variobahn trams in the UK and have had to have fog lights installed, whereas in Norway, they don't need them. Although Stadler is a Swiss company, they have been built in Germany. I hope to do more post about the ongoing devlopment of Tramlink, and hope you enjoy reading this post.
beautiful trams! nice post
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Deleteare they going to be in croydon and mitcham tram stop also when are they coming out
DeleteYep, June 2012.
DeleteThose trams are brilliant. Do you know when they might come in to full time service with route 4?
ReplyDeleteThey will go into full time use on Route 4 in June, when a new timetable will be introduced.
ReplyDeleteStadler is a Swiss company, and the trams were built in Germany.
ReplyDeleteWow Brilliant. I am so excited
ReplyDeleteSo am I. And also I'm going to the same school as you from 17 April.
Deletewow!!! thats good
ReplyDeleteHYey! These trams re awewsome! I love the colour.
ReplyDeleteNew trams have actually been around recently! All 6 have arrived! So far I have seen out: 2554, 2555, 2556, 2557 and 2558. Been on the new tram 3 times now and they are so amazing!
ReplyDelete2554 2555 2556 2557 2558 2559 they are the prettiest trams I've ver seen
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