DUTCH CITIES BEGIN TO DEVELOP THE TRAM

A long period of decline eliminated trams from all but the three principal cities of Holland, but these networks are now being expanded and Utrecht is planning a new line. The tram is seen as a much cheaper alternative to the heavy metro, but more important is the way better management of street traffic to give trams priority is slowly tipping the balance against competing private transport. Trams have a higher passenger/crew ratio than buses.

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• Authors:
  • SAHER, WFK
• Publication Date: 1976-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 259
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 132
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Light rail transit; Technology
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00139535
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1981 12:00AM