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I'm back!
I'm just back from two weeks of vacation, and can't guarantee that I haven't missed any important happenings. The biggest change that I can see is that the building work on Bahnhofplatz has finally come to an end and trams call at their usual stops again (work here started in April, with the tram stop being moved to Löwenstrasse). Trolleybus 31 has returned to its usual route through Löwenstrasse rather than the deviation by Sihlpost (for which temporary trolley lines had been erected). As part of my holidays, I spent three days touring the narrow gauge railways and tramways of Valencia province. Besides the trams of Valencia and Alicante, I travelled on two very contrasting narrow gauge lines: the electric line from Valencia to Villanueva de Castellon - running through extensive citrus plantations and operated as part of the metro system but still very much an interurban at heart, and the much more touristic Alicante to Denia line which is currently tram-worked as far as Campello (with electrification continuing to Villajoyosa). The Campello to Denia service is still in the hands of the trusty Ferrostahl railcars. In Alicante, the construction of the city tram tunnel is very much in evidence.
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08.11.2004 (7322 days ago) |