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No ‘significant defects’ found in crashed Croydon tram, inquest hears
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No “significant defects” were found in a tram that overturned in Croydon, killing seven people, an inquest into the deaths has heard.
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World’s ‘first autonomous’ tram carries passengers in Germany
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SIEMENS and Potsdam transport operator Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam (ViP) have developed what they claim is the world’s first autonomous driverless tram. The tram carried its first passengers in a media demonstration run on September 18, timed to coincide with the Innotrans trade fair in nearby Berlin. Fully autonomous unmanned freight trains are already in operation in…
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Ryde Pier tram formally gifted to IoWSR
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A UNIQUE Pollard & Sons electric tram was formally handed over to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway (IoWSR) on October 18 by Coun Dave Stewart, leader of Isle of Wight Council. The tram had once operated back and forth along Ryde Pier on the Isle of Wight. The single-deck standard gauge car is understood…
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