Why Nancy Is Scrapping Its Magically Bonkers Monorail-Bus-Trams

In 1999, the eastern French city of Nancy decided to replace its ageing trolleybuses with an experimental new type of tram: the TVR. It was just like a normal tram, except it had rubber wheels, only one rail, and if wanted, it could run off the rail completely and turn into a bus. Basically, it was brilliant. So why are they getting rid of it?

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A BIG THANK YOU TO:
Siyana Pavlova
Vincent Tourneur
Adrian Fuentes
Cat Nicholson

MORE INFO
Excellent video by ‪@RMTransit‬ about the wider subject of rubber-tyred trams:
   • Rubber-Tire Rail Transit is Weird  RM
Local news article about the new trolleybus (and the retirement of the TVR) - https://www.grandnancy.eu/se-deplacer...
Article by Urban Transport Magazine on the story - https://www.urban-transport-magazine....

IMAGE CREDITS
Line 1 route map - www.reseau-stan.com
Nancy macaroons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...