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Welcome to Urban News #93. In this episode –
00:00 – Intro
00:16 – Paris unveils its first urban cable car
01:50 – New rail line opened in Austria
03:00 – Irish Rail ordered Stadler trains
04:12 – Snøhetta Reveals New Images of Düsseldorf Opera House
05:09 – Rome Metro inaugurates extension of Line C
06:10 – Ústí nad Labem ordered Škoda battery trolleybuses
06:53 – Gadgetbahn in Curitiba, Brazil
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Sources:
https://www.cnbctv18.com/travel/paris-unveils-first-urban-cable-car-just-outside-french-capital-19790689.htm
https://www.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/en/le-reseau/projets/cablec1
https://x.com/vidjcb/status/1999937874800881972
[https://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/cest-tres-tranquille-le-premier-telepherique-dile-de-france-accueille-ses-premiers-voyageurs-13-12-2025-TDPYK57FRZESVJRTLF2DL6DVAI.php?at_variant=photo&at_creation=Le Parisien | transports&at_campaign=Partage Twitter CM&at_medium=Social media](https://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/cest-tres-tranquille-le-premier-telepherique-dile-de-france-accueille-ses-premiers-voyageurs-13-12-2025-TDPYK57FRZESVJRTLF2DL6DVAI.php?at_variant=photo&at_creation=Le%20Parisien%20%7C%20transports&at_campaign=Partage%20Twitter%20CM&at_medium=Social%20media)
https://www.railwaypro.com/wp/austria-marks-a-new-railway-era-with-the-opening-of-the-koralmbahn/
https://www.railjournal.com/infrastructure/koralm-railway-opens-to-all-traffic/
https://www.railwaygazette.com/traction-and-rolling-stock/electro-diesel-stadler-flirt-trains-selected-to-renew-dublin-belfast-enterprise-fleet/70100.article?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_campaign=RSS
https://www.archdaily.com/1036205/snohetta-reveals-new-images-of-winning-dusseldorf-opera-house-design?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhtwitter&utm_content=null
https://www.railwaypro.com/wp/rome-metro-inaugurates-historic-extension-of-line-c/
Ústí nad Labem and Ostrava: Framework agreements for up to 46 new Škoda battery trolleybuses
21 Comments
1:53 😅😅 sorry bro
Salvador in Bahia state has begun doing preliminary testing on its (real) LRT line, between Calçada and Paripe. The line was built using the trackbed of a former very decayed meter-gauge electric line which was closed for upgrading 4 years ago and which only now is being worked on. Gauge is standard and the trains are CAF Urbos, purchased from Cuiaba's unfinished light rail.
nobody will ever trick me into thinking that curitiba guided bus is a tram
Re the Paris cable car: 11,000 passengers in a 20-hour day is 550 passengers per hour, or about the capacity of 6 or 7 buses per hour, which is pretty decent.
So much exciting news from Europe!! I wish that were the case in the United States. As I have mentioned before, I'm a transit nerd (but not so much for buses, except of course, for trolley buses) so City for All is my favorite non-political YouTube channel. BTW, I grew up in San Francisco, California, so that's probably where I became so enamored of trolley buses. SF has an extensive trolley bus system which is a great mode of transportation for such a hilly city.
Y’know, Padua’s first new STE4 tram has been delivered last week
Hi. According to Google Maps, the Paris cable car route takes 14 minutes to travel by car, and 22 minutes by cable car.
Nice
For the Paris cable car: It's a brilliant idea to use the system's announcement to share the names of the stations.
Sorry I’m late! Thank you as always. Mòran taing.
This week's been quite good for urban news. Also, new stadler flirt trains have just arrived in portugal and have been unveiled a few days ago.
Gadgetbuses suck. In most cases trams would be similar in price.
almost 100 episode yhea
Actually Bahn means is just way in German not Railway. Exemple : there is no train on the Autobahn unless there on the back of a Semi-Truck. Some Autobahn have no speed limits.
The company I work for is so proud of the Paris cable car, even though we build much more impressive cable cars around the world.
did anyone see the interior of the opera house hallway section leading to go outside? I felt with all irregular curved ceiling shapes that one would feel that they are inside a human intestine… 🤭
I've had bad experiences with CRRC buses
The ones in Auckland rattle themselves to bits whenever the road isn't completely smooth, and as soon as it rains begin having traction problems. If it's wet they slip when both accelerating and decelerating. Even better when it's wet and the bus has to go up a hill, the bus is barely able to move faster than walking speed because it keeps slipping.
I don't know if the CRRC bendy bus has the same problem but given the build quality of the ones we've got I doubt they'd last very long.
BRT and Treck less Trams suck!
Man the Chinese duped so many people with this “trackless tram” trick.
Wrong title: It's a Gadgetbus, not Gadgetbahn
4:37 Can someone explain how are they going to limit erosion on that facade?