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Wynard Tram on George Street, Sydney, Australia (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmyverse.link/lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/3206920 (https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/3206920)

I'm not from Sydney, but I took this photo when I was there this weekend gone, and thought that I'd share it

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Apparently it uses a novel third-rail power system where the rail is only energised when a tram is over it, so as not to electrocute pedestrians.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

That's really cool! I had no idea