New Croydon trams… to come from Istanbul?

摘要

Surplus trams from Saarbruecken in Germany, or even Istanbul, could run on Tramlink if negotiations reportedly underway by Transport for London are successful.rnThe problems of overcrowded trams and the heavy use of the existing fleet, plus the long lead-in time to acquire new trams has led TfL to consider leasing secondhand trams from other cities. Previous consideration of acquiring trams from Koeln (Cologne) came to nothing (TAUT 852).rnThe transport authority is also looking at reducing the number of single-track 'pinch points' on thernsystem. TfL spokesman Guy Pitt said: "We're looking at doubling track where possible (and) at the possibility of leasing trams from cities such as Cologne who run a similar system to ours. Unfortunately there are not immediately any trams they have got spare."