Longest trams in Berlin | NO trams in Regensburg | Stuttgart 21 near completion | Urban news 20
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Welcome to UrbanNews #20. In this episode -
00:00 - Intro
00:17 - Tram referendum said NO in Regensburg, Germany
01:34 - New railway tunnel in Slovenia
01:57 - More Flexity trams for Zurich, Switzerland
02:43 - Longest trams for Berlin, Germany
03:51 - New Skoda trams in Cottbus, Germany
04:25 - Stuttgart 21 project is heading to completion
05:39 - New railway tunnel opened in Switzerland
06:52 - New PESA trains for Romania
07:41 - Big train tender in Switzerland
08:56 - More used trams in Mendoza, Argentina
09:31 - New battery buses in Montevideo, Uruguay
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You can also watch my video about Swiss trams in Ukraine -
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And about trams in Mendoza, Argentina -
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www.urban-transport-magazine....
drugitir.si/successful-breakt...
railway-news.com/alstom-to-su...
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www.railwaypro.com/wp/the-new...
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Regensburg 😢
At least Erlangen said yes
Don't forget that Göttingen, Germany held the first ever referendum on prioritising cycling over car traffic - the "Radentscheid"- in a German city. The first part containing general guidelines and strategies won with 54% and hopefully force our corrupt city government to change it's priorities in a city, where cars are in the minority, but treated like a majority.
Sadly the second part of the referendum, which consisted of concrete measures like Protected Bike Lanes on specific streets, did not gain approval.
These results came after our city administration and the mayor ignored their obligation of neutrality, announced unnessecary spending cuts in other areas and even got caught lying about the costs by multiple national newspapers. So it's actually a miracle that even the first part won against the fear-mongering of our politicians
the second part was *very* detailed, that's always risky for a referendum and 46% isn't like "nobody likes this". I'd now take that plan as a base, but then try to work out the critical details.
@kailahmann1823 I agree that that's what should happen. However, I just don't have any faith in the city government and the center-right coalition in the city council, who were the most vehement opponents of the referendum. I mean, they faked the official costs and later said it had been a typo. The prior week, our mayor had claimed that those figures were definitely correct and the initiative was the one lying. During the election campaign, the mayor's party SPD told that the referendum would include such ridiculous things as building solar roofs over every bike lane. And the "neutral" administration put out a press release about the city's high debt, coincidentally 5 days before the referendum.
I would doubt that the city is gonna take anything of it as a base try to work out the details. They had 1 year and they didn't work out any alternative offers or plans of their own.
Blackpool, UK has just opened a new extension of its tram system from the waterfront to the main railway station
But YES to STUB! (STadtUmlandBahn) A tram project near Nuremberg
Lots of German and Swiss news this week it seems. Disappointed in Regensburg. Nice to hear Cottbus is getting some Skoda trams.
Yes, this week's episode happened to be very German :)
New Škoda 32tr trolleybuses have finally been delivered to Vilnius. They should replace old Škodas made in Czechoslovakia.
Love seeing the Siemens Dueweg SD100 trams being reused. It’s the kind of thing we, in the developed world, take for granted. We might find our rollingstock & fleets to be outdated but other people around the word have to make do with far older & far less comfortable forms of transportation.
6:02 nice
That long of a tram in Berlin is going to be an interesting experience on the streets of that city.
I suppose everything will be fine
@@cityforall I worry that long of a tram could cause traffic blocking problems if it breaks down regardless of street type.
37 trains from Caracas Metro are being refurbished and will be rolled out throughout the year.
Two such trains (a CAF train from line 1, and an Alstom S8 from line 3) are already in operation.
As a part of the refurbishment process, the CAF trains' paintscheme will be modified to be like that of the Alstom trains (the refurbished CAF in opetation has this new scheme already)
the refurbishment process will hopefuly improve the service across all lines (esp. Line 1), as the system currently only has ~20 operating trains (7 in line 1 and 5 in line 3 that i know of).
Also heard somewhere that some 10 Alstom Metropolis trains will beoved to line 3, while its classical Alstom trains will be moved to line 2/4, but i haven't confirmed this
December 2026? Are you sure? I feel like Stuttgart 21 is going to open a lot more sooner than that
This is exactly what is written in the news on this topic. I think it's quite realistic, because such a large project requires very thorough testing
@@cityforall alright, whatever, I looked. I mean I’m glad it’s almost done but like I remember seeing this project getting worked on in 2016 and 2023. For this to be delayed another year, it just gets to you. Also, I feel like the project is like 70 to 80% complete.
@@cityforall why was it delayed again?
Waiting for the Netherlands to be in one of those episodes :)
What is the best place to look for urban news from the Netherlands?
@@cityforall The ProRail website is quite good for mainline infrastructure news. They list all their projects on there.
You're one of those NJB bootlickers, aren't you?
Keep an eye on the Lelylijn website (the line is in the program of the new cabinet), Wunderlijn and the Schiphol one (extension of the metro), otherwise NLtimes and Gemeente official accounts (tho there usually arent mobility exclusive ones)
S21, i do not believe this one will be ever more than a useless money grave for me, less service, less accessible, more travel time and the cost to high... they should have looked to Zürich and build only a underground station for high speed trains....
yeah, at least it‘s looking like Frankfurt, unlike Stuttgart, will get it right
The walkway tunnel is a miserable experience.
What? Less service? More travel time? What are you talking about? There are valid criticism to be made but you just make stuff up.
@@MTobias I lived 6 years around Stuttgart, travelled weekly through the Station... The Regional Train arrived and I walked to the long distance Train, and entered the soon after arriving one... Backwards, a long distance train arrived, I went to the waiting region train, which waited for the passengers already... Changing time, 8 min max...
S21 four platforms for 12 trains, change time at least 20 min if you want a special direction...
In the half of the time you have to change levels twice cause the connection is on the other platforms...
One tube for ice and regional trains in and out...
Yes billions of euros for worse services... More prone to delays, more steps to walk... But Tobias, where is the service better, oh I can be 5 min early in Munich or somewhere else... Wonderful, it will need more time for the connection to the region, yeah, service...
The underground station for high speeds trains would have meant building probably 70% of S21. On top of that if you're keeping the old station long term then it would need to be modernised and all the infrastructure would need to be replaced. It could well be more expensive than S21, especially when you consider not being able to sell off and redevelop the land.