Kraków tram tunnel opened

A Bombardier NGT6 tram during the opening celebrations (Photo: Tomasz Bielecki).

POLAND: Trams began regular Route 50 services through a 1 538 m pre-metro tunnel beneath Kraków’s main station on December 12. The tunnel was planned in the 1960s as part of a proposed east–west metro line, which was subsequently dropped in favour of a north–south pre-metro. Construction was undertaken intermittently ...

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