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2114 Swanston Street
07-Jun-2022: Talking of clean, refurbished B2.2114 is heading for South Melbourne Beach while D1.3525 in the background continues up Swanston Street. It looks quite schmick as opposed to some of the As wandering around, but I can't believe the PT> and politicians of the noughties were so stupid as to permit the use of the already dated web pattern, thus guaranteeing a steady source of income for the plastic film companies who have the contract to apply this "livery" to our trams, trains and buses in perpetuity (or until another set of consultants put their snouts in the government trough and wastes more of our money).
As far as I've seen from public transport around the world, no other city uses anything but solid colour on their trams AND they don't change that colour every 15-20 years or so (eg Helsinki - green and gold since 1903). Even Sydney who are the self-acknowledged leaders in light rail in the 21st century(!) use solid colours on their trams. (I know you're going to cite Mulhouse, but even their trams are fundamentally solid yellow.)
{2,400 x 1,500 pxl}
- 7 June 2022
- Photo: Yuri Sos
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