31 März 2011 - Arad (RO) – Platform Vest. This terminus is at the edge of Arad city in a large industrial estate, at the end of a single track line several km long. There is no other traffic except for a tram that comes here just TWICE A DAY, once very early in the morning and once at lunch time. I never came here on the early morning trip, but at lunchtimes no-one comes and no-one leaves, although a few workers get on at intermediate stops nearer the city. In contrast, there are many buses going to the city, but the tram line isn’t used (although it goes to exactly the same place). The line was built with EU money in the mid-1990s – you have to ask why?

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franekg (2011-04-13 13:19:30.586385)
Mr. Tomasik said, that the line had been built in 2005: http://www.phototrans.eu/14,321443,0.html
straphan (2011-04-13 13:43:52.261147)
Must ask my girlfriend about this - her house is somewhere nearby. I would guess this was built in anticipation of demand that never came. That part of the city is expanding, and the line may just have been built much along the lines of similar extensions in Germany (also bear in mind Arad has pretty much no buses!). The question is: did they choose to only run two trams a day, or is this down to political stupidity or lack of rolling stock or something else?
dvigar (194.203.103.*) (2011-04-13 16:49:05.582341)
There appear to be many working trams in the depots, so unless there is a driver shortage I believe that simple lack of demand is the reason. The competing buses come from a variety of operators and not CTP Arad.
Adam G. (2011-04-13 19:23:10.006671)
That's interesting - Arad (as far as I know) is the only city with two completely idiotic tram lines used by noone. I can't understand, why lines to Platforma Vest and Combinatul Chimic are still operating...
dvigar (194.203.103.*) (2011-04-13 20:22:36.026089)
....but we enthusiasts always go there
straphan (2011-04-14 17:06:26.04137)
As far as the line to Comb Chimic is concerned - never underestimate the force of habit
dvigar (*.as13285.net) (2011-04-14 17:39:44.107455)
We went there, too - just two trams in convoy that loop round and come straight back without stopping - how stupid is that?
peter.soeffner_leipzig@yahoo.de (*.002.201.pools.vodafone-ip.de) (2011-12-08 06:06:35.46296)
1124 is the number of time in Halle/Germany. These are also the number-signs of Halle, and also the name Kröllwitz is from Halle time.

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