Quoted By:
At the turn of the year Helsinki got rid of its Variotrams. The pleasant side effect is that the trams have sped up from crawling over diamonds and switches, which shallow groove, you see - we are very traditional, from something like 10 km/h to 25 ish.
The Variotrams just weren't made with that thing in mind either with their 'individually suspended wheels'. The old as well as the new trams will cross switches with just slight wobble and 'clikety-click', the Varios _rumbled_.
Pic: when your utility van is based on fire truck this sort of thing becomes possible in a pinch. Plus, they need some pretty hefty equipment, because they need to move cars and rerail trams on top of being experts on fixing all the probles that leave a vehicle laying dead on the line.
