Notes

Hanover, capital of Lower Saxony, perfectly represents it’s state by being rather boring. As an example, the LRV system has exactly three different types of EMUs, two of which are mostly identical. This one is the oldest, the TW 6000.

The TW 6000 has been produced in multiple series from 1974 to 1993. It is a typical LRV, high-floor but with folding steps, and it was very innovative at it’s time, being the first EMU that had thyristor control and could supply the system back with electricity while braking. Normally, such as here, you’ll see two of them coupled together. Three isn’t normally possible as it’s nearly thirty meters long, and the legal limit for streetcar trains is 75m. Most of them are no longer in service these days, having either been sold or put in storage.

This one is driving on one of the very few remaining classic tram tracks in Hanover’s city centre over the Ernst August Platz (plaza) in front of the central station (I used to translate Hauptbahnhof with main station. Turns out that’s wrong, DB always uses central station in english texts. Sorry). This line also has low-entry platforms, since they are shared with buses here.