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filed on: 21.01.2020 (21st Jan 2020)
VBZ's Facebook feed has published photos of the new Flexity tram on its nightly test runs in front of Hauptbahnhof and also in Oerlikon.
In a press release published today, VBZ also re-iterates its ambition to have the first Flexity in passenger service this Summer. New trams will spend their first 25 days of passenger service on route 11, where it will be easier service them due to the location of Oerlikon depot (where the initial cars will be allocated). After this burn-in, they will be transferred to route 4, which is presently considered the route with the greatest capacity problems. By the end of this year, 9 or 10 cars should be in service.
Trams displaced by the new additions will initially be transferred to other routes to address the general vehicle shortage. VBZ hopes this will be resolved by the end of this year.
VBZ employ 980 people with tram driving duties. Training will begin in April and extend over a three-year period. The Flexity will replace Tram 2000 pairs on routes 2, 4, 7, 11, 13, 14 and 17.
This news item is from the 2020 newslog.
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