Manuel Erhardt @erhardt@librem.one

With almost 14,000 produced units between 1960 and 1999, the ČKD Tatra T3 tram car is still the most widespread of its type in the world (2022).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_T3

Photo credit: Praha, Tatra T3SUCS č. 7290. Praha, Tatra T3SUCS č. 7290/CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Praha,_Tatra_T3SUCS_%C4%8D._7290.jpg

#RailwaySunday #Czechoslovakia #CzechRepublic #Europe #TatraT3 #CKD #tram

#Norway's minority #LabourParty government won a second term in power on Monday while the populist right achieved its best-ever result, official counts showed, in an election dominated by concerns over rising living costs and wars in #Ukraine and #Gaza.

Incumbent Prime Minister Jonas Gahr #Støre's Labour and four smaller, left-leaning parties won 87 seats, above the 85 needed for a majority, with 99 per cent of ballots counted.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/norway-election-labour-returns-to-power-1.7628576

#elections #vote #parliament #Europe

With up to 116m below the ground, the #Hongyancun station of the Chongqing Rail Transit in #Chongqing, #China is the deepest metro station in the world. It was opened on January 25th, 2022. Prior to that, the #kyiv Metro's #Arsenalna station held the record.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongyancun_station

#RailwaySunday #RapidTransit #metro #subway #Asia

#Paris is fully automating its busy #Metro Line 13, allowing driverless operation. #Siemens Mobility has received the contract, which includes an automation system, a new operations control centre, and equipment for 66 trains. The project should be finished in late 2032. Line 13 is 24km long, serves 32 stations with a daily ridership of ~500,000 passengers.

https://www.railway-technology.com/news/siemens-mobility-automate-paris-metro-line-13

#RailwaySunday #France #RapidTransit #RATP #line13

Today, 34 years ago, #Ukraine declared its #independence from the #SovietUnion (24.8.1991). Unfortunately, the country's independence is at risk right now due to #Russia's ongoing invasion. Слава Україні!

La Trochita on the Chico River, Río Negro Province.

Photo credit: Ferrocarril La Trochita. Juan Macri/CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trochita_puente_sobre_R%C3%ADo_Chico.JPG

#RailwaySunday #Trochita #LaTrochita #OldPatagonianExpress #Argentina #LatinAmerica #SouthAmerica #NarrowGauge #trains #railways

from the so-called "Russian gauge" (1 520 mm), which is widely used in Russia, to Standard gauge, the most common gauge in Europe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_gauge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard-gauge_railway
https://www.railway-technology.com/features/baltics-shift-to-european-gauge-future-rail-101-out-now/?cf-view

#RailwaySunday #RailBaltica #Europe #Asia #Russia #geopolitics #TrackGauge #gauge #trains #railways
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"Track gauge" is the distance between the two rails of a railway track. Standard gauge with a distance of 1 435 mm is the most widely used track gauge around the world, making up roughly 55% of all tracks.

While sometimes a historical or pragmatic choice, building new tracks with a specific track gauge can also be a political matter.

The baltic countries #Estonia, #Latvia, and #Lithuania are shifting
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