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@smveerman ...Why is the loop on Surinameplein next to the Surinameplein stop even called Curaçaostraat?
Anyway, there's something similarly head-scratching in Wrocław right now - the two branches to Tarnogaj and Gaj are cut off from the rest of the network, and four of the five lines serving them were connected into two pairs switching line numbers at the "Gajowa" (Gaj St/Grove St) stop… Which is nowhere near Gaj. Neither is it where you change to the replacement buses.
Adding to the confusion is that, when the route to Gaj was opened, the existing bus terminus located along the new line, but two stops away from the new tram terminus, remained known as "Gaj (pętla)" (pętla means loop), where the tram and other bus stops are called "Morwowa", and this is where the replacement buses terminate.
Oh, and despite decent bus services in the area, they decided to run a tram between Gaj and Tarnogaj (using a normally disused curve). And because they decided they couldn't spare any of Wrocław's few bi-directional trams, they went for a classic Polish solution: the "duposczepy" (my best translation would be sth like "ass-couplers") - sets of 105N series trams coupled back-to-back, leaving only the front one usable at any given time, but allowing easy reversing without a loop.
Official announcement: https://www.wroclaw.pl/komunikacja/przebudowa-ulicy-bardzkiej-duze-zmiany-w-kursowaniu-tramwajow
Pics:
https://phototrans.pl/14,1334222,0,Konstal_105NWr_2310.html
https://phototrans.pl/14,1334357,0,Konstal_105NWr_2272.html
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