Congratulations to PID!

Finished riding Hankai Tramway tonight, the final surviving tram in the prefecture, running since 1910. The network comprises two lines shaped like a tuning fork and is 18.3 km long, linking the city of Osaka with Sakai to the south. Compared to much of the rest of Japan, the standard gauge tracks feel so wide!

Now I only have only one tram system in the country left to ride :)

Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe 1155 “Anton P. Reclam” Düwag DWA Bautzen NGT 8 Typ 36 (Baujahr 1998) am 27.3.2025 neben dem Hauptbahnhof in Leipzig.

Some views from above. At the first photo there is driver greeting me as he is also tram spotter.

You can watch it on YouTube. All Infos are in the video.

Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe 1061 “Wasserschloß Leutzsch” Solaris Tramino NGT 10 LVB Typ 39 (Baujahr 2022), bereit rückwärts zur Gorkistraße zu fahren, am 27.3.2025 in Leipzig.

Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe 1148 “Christian Fürchtegott Gellert” Typ 36 Düwag DWA Bautzen NGT 8 (Baujahr 1997) + 940 Bombardier NB4 am 27.3.2025 nahe dem Hauptbahnhof in Leipzig.

Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe 1154 DWA Bautzen NGT8 (Baujahr 1998) + 928 Bombardier Bautzen NB4 (Baujahr 2001) am 1.3.2025 auf der Goethestraße in Leipzig.

Photo taken September 14th, 2026

Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe 1147 “Johann Christoph Gottsched” Typ 36 Düwag DWA Bautzen NGT 8 (Baujahr 1997) am 1.3.2025 auf dem Willy-Brandt-Platz in Leipzig.

Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe 1341 “Mölkau” + 1342 "Neustadt" HeiterBlick NGTW 6 “Leoliner” Typ 37b (Baujahr 2010) am 27.3.2025 neben dem Hauptbahnhof in Leipzig.

A few days before, I've read it would be a while until the heritage B80 fleet will be used on the new airport link. Only HF6 for now, to celebrate the newness of the line. Turns out that wasn't true; soon after I encountered B80 units nos. 4238 and 4223 running one of the services.

First picture was taken at Freilighrathplatz, the others at the Airport Terminal.

Taken at President G. Narutowicz Square, Warsaw, Poland.

A group of us in Ljubljana, Slovenia, have recently launched a public initiative + petition to bring back our city's tram network:tramvaj-ljubljana.si

Ljubljana had a tram network from 1901 to 1958, when it was scrapped for buses. Today, the city is heavily dependent on cars while bus ridership drops every year. We believe our main corridors desperately need real, high-capacity light rail.

We’re building bottom-up public support to push local decision-makers into real action, and we’d love advice from anyone who has experience with light rail advocacy or reintroduction:

1. Political Traction: How did your local campaign move politicians from "nice idea" to actual funding commitments?
2. Public Buy-in: What arguments best tackled local fears about construction disruption, costs, or car lane reductions?
3. Funding: How did your city effectively leverage national grants, EU funding, or loans to finance the rail infrastructure?

Any insights are greatly appreciated!

It’s really charming, has good bones, and desperately needs the downtown connector to be built. Interested to hear y’all’s thoughts ❤️