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Putting the world's longest trams into service in Budapest

By Zoltan Donath 2006-04-01T10:00:00

Over the next year, BKV will take delivery of 40 low-floor trams from Siemens to operate the Grand Boulevard trunk routes in Budapest; at almost 54m in length, the six-section cars will be the longest trams in the world

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