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Well the tram network was much much larger than the Stadtbahn network today. The tram network was massively reduced during the 60s in favour of cars, then transformed from 1985 to 2007, then expanded of a few lines in the last decades.

Surely, building high platforms works fine on a separate right-of-way and is easy, maybe even preferable. But: as soon on-street running is involved (and Stuttgart still has quite some share of it), the compromises that need to be achieved to incorporate high platforms into urban landscape aren’t trivial. Both ways of doing it have their advantages and disadvantages that need to be considered on a case-to-case basis.

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How did you like the Ulm Train Station? lol

@@jonas1630 The only weekend I remember being actually inside the Ulm Hbf station was 2nd and 3rd August 1997. It was interesting inside, but I think since then it has changed, particularly for Stuttgart 21. The only other times I have been were to just go through. The last time I experienced a change of locomotive at Ulm Hbf was Sunday the 18th July 2021, about 2 PM. I was going to Friedrichshafen Stadt at the time, and the DB catenaries were live but with no electric trains using them until this last December.

@@amiausUSA It's probably amongst the ugliest train stations in Germany haha...I live near Ulm and I have to go there every once in a while

So did you observe something special on the construction site? As far as I know, the "Kelchstützen" have been completely built an the roof of the station will be closed quite soon.

And I thought Wuppertal had that reputation.

for real, they just have something that makes them look so good

Frankfurts Stadtbahn (LRT) uses 100m trains on some lines

@@david_2609 Correct for coupled trains. But the Stuttgart stadbahn 2-car unit is 39 metres long, while the Frankfurt Stadtbah (short) unit of 2 cars is only 25 metres. With a turning radius of 50 metres these Stuttgart stadbahn units must be difficult to use on street level ....

@@TheMexxodus Wow, ok, that could be quite difficult. :D

Ok, what should be "odd" here ? These DT8 LRV's are - in my opinion - the best, what you can find in Europe as LRV's. You know, as in the early 70ies Stuttgart planned a full Metro system, the new Train design was more or less fully developed, and as it came to the decision for a LRV System in 1976 (thank God) - the design was adopted accordingly. Yes, these DT8 LRV's have the same dimension as a full Metro trains (depending on the City), but the result of these nice and powerfull DT8 types in combination with the excellent route system, brings nearly the same comfort as a full Metro System (especially on the Cross Valley lines), but for a lesser cost price. The full system was not cheap - definitely not. But after nearly 60 years of construction of the network, network length reaches >135 km in December 2021 (with U6 extension to the Airport). For a City with < 1 Mio residents, this is quite impressive. So - compared with other rolling stock (Düsseldorf / Duisburg / Bochum / Köln-Bonn / Dortmund / Hannover / Bielefeld), DT8 LRV's are really TOP - class. And - by the way - there are really not many sections on street level - I don't see an issue here, that the trains are too large ! Greetings from Freising.

@@Stadtbahnklaus Der ist neidisch auf unsere Stadtbahn