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119: 143: 248: 611: 517: 623: 635: 650: 505:, South Africa, as the Franschhoek Wine Tram. It serves as a tourist tram connecting several wineries on eight lines (all of them partly served with so-called "tram buses", the trams only operating as a backbone) and operates on the restored tracks of an old railway line, which was opened in 1904 and closed in the 1990s. The cars were built by DCD Rolling Stock, South Africa, for the opening in 2012, but modelled after a Blackpool car from the 1920s. 135: 22: 127: 1002: 460:
rectangular ones. It was the second and final rebuild of two Blackpool "Balloon" tramcars into "Jubilee" tramcars, following on from "Jubilee" Class No. 761. Unlike No. 761, "Jubilee" tramcar No. 762 retained its central doors as exits for improved passenger flow at stops. For these reasons, it was considered to be an entirely new tram and on this basis, when it was retired in 2011, it was gifted to the
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The last double-deck tram built in the UK was Blackpool "Jubilee" Class No. 762, which entered service in 1982. However, it was originally built in 1935 as Blackpool "Balloon" Class No. 251, later renumbered No. 714. Its rebuild as No. 762 gave it a longer body and its pointed ends were replaced with
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with hydrogen-fuelled double-deck trams in vintage style with an open upper deck, built by US manufacturer TIG/m, was announced in 2009 and opened in 2015 on a single-track line of 1.1km with plans for further extension, but frequently suspended due to the heat and according to some sources finally
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on the Isle of Man, opened in 1876 and continuously operating since then (with the exception of WWII), still operates one of only two horse-drawn double-deck tramway cars in the world, as a heritage tramway. The other line with a horse-drawn double-decker is the
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London Metropolitan Tramways "Feltham" Car No. 331. It was built in 1929 and was one of three prototypes. It was sold to Sunderland in 1937 and is now preserved at the National Tramway Museum, Crich, UK.
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operates a very frequent service (trams run approx. every two minutes) on three routes on a main line and a side line to Happy Valley, only served with double deckers built from the 1960s to 2018.
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extended its fleet largely with new cars that were mainly based on the traditional exterior but showed new technological features, such as a VVVT drive and a full aluminum body.
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still operates several double-deckers on weekends, of which there are several Balloon Cars from the 1930s (some of them rebuilt later) and one Standard Car from the 1920s.
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were operational from 1906 to 18 March 1961. the tramway network routes was last used on rand tram double-decker cars No.20, The museum also has the latest oldest trams at
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The only case of still operational historic double-decker tramcars without any connection to the British Empire are two Danish double-deckers from
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in Japan in 1975-1995. However, they are unpowered trailers that are towed/pushed by a powered tram as a steering car in a three car train.
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double-decker Car No. 1 pauses at the intersection of 5th Street & Market Street during its inaugural run on September 21, 1892.
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The same technology by the same manufacturer was used in the four cars (two single-deckers, two double-deckers) for the new
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until the 1950s. London Transport was a heavy user of double-deck trams until the system closed in 1952. Apart from the
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closed by 2019, the tracks barred by poles, the depot used as a shopping center, and the only car on public display.
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The earliest double-deck trams were horse-drawn. The first electric double-deck trams were those built for the
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In the USA, some double-decker tramcars from Great Britain and its colonies have been preserved as well. A
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or decks. Some double-decker trams have open tops. Double-deck trams were once popular in some
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undercarriage from the 1950s and is powered by 50 car batteries, which are charged at night.
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in Australia, and in parts of Asia. They are still in service or even newly introduced in
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In 2012, a new tram service, solely operated with double-decker cars, was opened in
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Blackpool "Jubilee" Class No. 762, the last double-deck tram built in the UK
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tramcar No. 4 is the sole survivor of its class and is preserved at the
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In the United States, double-deck tramcars were used by the
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Manufacturer of hydrogen-powered trams in Aruba and Dubai:
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countries in the early half of the 20th century including
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was the last urban British tramway to close, in 1962.
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