Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
October 23, 2015 A much anticipated Friday morning event in the Ecuadorian city of Cuenca occurred when a low-floor tram (railcar) was taken out for its first test run. This vehicle was the first of several railcars to be built by Alstom, a French rolling stock manufacturer, for an electric tram line coursing through both... Continue Reading →
July 25, 2017 A public transit system in the city of Sidi Bel Abbès in northwestern Algeria was inaugurated by Abdelghani Zaalane, the country’s minister of transport and public works. Construction on the Sidi Bel Abbès Tramway had begun on June 22, 2013. Another milestone for this project took place on April 8, 2016, when... Continue Reading →
October 20, 2015 After more than a half-century without any tram (streetcar) service in Medellín, the transit system known as the Ayacucho Tram was formally launched in that major Colombian city. The Ayacucho Tram, which is operated by the rapid transit network Medellín Metro, is currently the only tram service in all of Colombia. For... Continue Reading →
Transportation History 