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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: It’s called the Berlin Tram because it runs in the city of Berlin.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

which is incorrect, since the tramways that survived the berlin wall were outside the wall, and thus should be called the berlOUT tram.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Go to sleep, dad.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yknow its kinda Funny, like 5 Posts that I schedueled this week just did not post at all, so it probably seems like me running out of the 2 Berlin Tram Trivia Facts I had

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Hey, that's still two more than I would've had :3

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How do you schedule posts?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I've got a fact! In the early 1950s, Germany was already divided into East and West Germany, and Berlin was, too, but it was still possible to travel between the two countries. East and West Berlin each had their own tram company (BVG East and BVG West), and all lines that crossed the border were shared by the two companies. If a BVG West tram made its way to East Berlin, it had to adhere to the local laws there, obviously, and BVG East trams had to adhere to West Berlin laws when they were there. This caused an issue in 1953. In East Berlin, women were allowed to drive trams, but in West Berlin, they weren't. West Berlin started rejecting BVG East trams driven by women, and all passengers had to change to BVG West trams at the border. This is one of the reasons why, beginning in 1953, East and West Berlin both ended their tram lines at the border.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was thinking, I was in Berlin last week and didn't see much trams, I'm not even sure I saw any tram. It turns out I only visited places bordering on the tram network.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

One of the biggest networks worldwide according to German Wikipedia but mainly situated in the eastern half of the city due to dumb car-centrism in Western Germany in the 1960s.

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stra%C3%9Fenbahn_Berlin

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Berlin hosted the 2016 Tram European Championship where one of the events was tram bowling. Hungary is the reigning champions. https://youtu.be/0zQ9jt9L5sk?si=GnWMsYnbHeS3xm0V

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I have a question: Berlin plans to extend the M10 to Neukölln (link). The new tracks will pass through Görlitzer Park. Since they plan to build a wall around the park and close it at night (link), will they install gates that open automatically for the tram or how will it work?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

No but I just want to say that picture is incredibly cute.