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<p>Until 1978, the year of closure of the last remaining streetcar line in Hamburg, trolley poles were used to pick up the current. May be the more expensive catenary system contributed to the final closure at a time, where most German cities heavily invested into revamping their public transport system.</p><p>By the way, trial runs have been conducted with a new sort of drive, similar to the maglev principle, but without the levitation. There is no need for expensive and hard-to-maintain catenary anylonger. Is this the resurrection of streetcars? <br></p><p> </p>
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