Last week, Hannover's light rail closed the surface line from the main station to Aegidientorpl.
The reason is that the stop on the southern station square can't be made accessible with highfloor platforms, instead a new stop will be built north of the station, to open in September. This new stop will also be closer to the other light rail lines in the tunnel.
Last thursday a parade of various heritage trams was held on the old line. Among them were two-axle trams with trailers that had to be shunted at the stub terminus and unidirectional trams of the pre-light rail era, that had to roll in backwards.
The last train to run was a modern 3-car type 3000 light rail train that has never operated here in regular service, as the track distance on this line has been to narrow for the recent type 2000 and 3000 trains. Also the 3000 lacks folding stairs and can only be used on lines that are fully equipped with platforms.
Video and pic related show some of the shunting operations to get the parade in place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLmFwCYZc2w 