{"id":2973,"date":"2023-07-15T01:30:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T01:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/saturday-variety-6\/"},"modified":"2023-07-15T01:30:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T01:30:49","slug":"saturday-variety-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/saturday-variety-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Variety"},"content":{"rendered":"
Slam In A Tram!<\/span><\/p>\n And any way, trams just ran along the road with ordinary traffic – seemples. Once built, everything ran happily together …<\/p>\n … well, most of the time.<\/p>\n In Europe, the fashion was for wide main streets, copying thr “boulevards” of Paris, so fitting today’s trams into a central reservation (possibly widened) was relatively easy.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n It is worth noting that tram stops on Line A are “cheap and cheerful”.<\/p>\n Where width was less generous, some stops are island platfroms.<\/p>\n And when we come to the town of Avrille, now a busy suburb of Angers …<\/p>\n … something’s missing.<\/p>\n No overhead! No disfigurement of this picturesque ex village and no poles to block “le trottoir”! The power is picked up from a third rail.<\/p><\/div>\n … and some quite long sections.<\/p>\n Access is always provided for emergency vehicles and close-by for residents.<\/p>\n But thanks to Streetview’s failure to remove old pictures, we can see in some detail, how the tram was threaded through a difficult area.<\/p>\n Coming in from the top of the map, a grotty strip of back yards …<\/p>\n … has become a pleasant green tram track, cycleway and footpath.<\/p>\n A wiggly back street in poor condition …<\/p>\n … is now tram only.\u00a0<\/p>\n More tomorrow.<\/p>\n Puzzle Picture<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n
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