Simon
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- I recently went to the library and studied old timetables. Looking at the map, Karlsruhe trams did consolidate a number of stops on the network On the "main" axis Knielingen-Durlach, 6 less stops, signal priorisation and the tram tunnel meant 11 min faster running times (not same route anymore tho)
- Not sure if this any sort of exemplary line for speeding up, but it was the easiest to compare in Karlsruhe :) I do wonder how much slower trams got before they were sped up, I don't have any 70s/80s timetables unfortunately (that frequency tho in 53 🥲 not looking forward to our June service cuts)
- After 42 years, trains run again between Weil der Stadt and Calw - and I was on the very first train! 🥳 Changing in Weil der Stadt or Renningen, Calw residents can now go to Stuttgart or Böblingen by train. Currently hourly, once the bats get used to the trains, they'll be half-hourly from April 🦇
- the whole story with the bats made the "reactivation" of this line very cumbersome and delayed. I don't wanna know how much the extra bat structures cost in the end haha, considering it's not even a through train yet 🥲 but oh well, now it's there so let's make the best of it
