08 May, 2010

First run of the trolley


The trolley of Angers run yesterday for the first time out off its maintenance center near Angers on one km. Hundreds of persons saw this event and, among them, a 86 years old woman who drove the ancestor of the new trolley on lines from Angers toward Murs-Erigné and Trélazé, suburban cities, between 1942 and 1946.
Each trolley train will be composed of three units plus two powered at the ends. It will transport about 200 travellers. If the maximum speed is 70 km per hour, the trolley will run at about 20 km per hour. The train will be open to disabled persons.
However, the inaugural travel was disrupted by former employees of Angers 7 the local tv channel who decided to lie down the line in order to express their disapointment due to the closure of their company.

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