Tram rail pressed to the limit today...

[sbrothy]

Today, we have a national soccer match at my little town stadium in Odense, Fynen, Denmark. It's Denmark - Lithuania I think. So, they're pressing the new tram system hoping it can cope with 3 minute intervals. Embarrassing if it can't...

 

[jtbell]

A tram normally stops for what... 60 to 90 seconds? That doesn't leave much time between trams. The operators will have to pay close attention to what they're doing, in order to keep trams from bunching together.

 

[sbrothy]

Yes. And imagine the horde of soccer-drunk fans trying to start fights thrown into the mix!

 

[Baluncore]

Trams are very good at moving many people over a fixed route. With enough vehicles and a shorter route, say shuttling between the central railway station and the playing field, there should be no problem.

The biggest problem with trams is that people don't realise how useful they are, until they are gone. We need more trams.

 

[PeroK]

At peak time on the London Underground there is a Victoria line train every 100 seconds!

 

[sbrothy]

When the Copenhagen - Sweden metro line opens, the line designated M7 is supposed to drive every 1.5 minutes!

Danish I'm afraid:

https://oresundsmetro.com/files/media/document/
sammenfatningsrapport_oeresundsmetro_teknik_og_anlaeg_dec13_1.pdf

They talk about 200 seconds generally. But yeah, London is a lot bigger and more populated than Copenhagen. They talk about 60.000 daily pendlers between Denmark and Sweden though...!

 

[DennisN]

At peak time on the London Underground there is a Victoria line train every 100 seconds!

That reminded me of a very cool real-time map of the London Underground which a friend sent to me recently:

https://www.londonunderground.live/

 

[sbrothy]

Hadn't seen this one. Very professional.

 

[Baluncore]

Denmark vs. Lithuania International Friendly game. 11 June 2025.
Denmark 5, Lithuania 0. The friendly soccer game was the winner.
I guess the trams and tracks survived the home team celebrations.

 

[sbrothy]

Denmark vs. Lithuania International Friendly game. 11 June 2025.
Denmark 5, Lithuania 0. The friendly soccer game was the winner.
I guess the trams and tracks survived the home team celebrations.

Yes, I was rather surprised. Not by the tram living up to specs (they initially feared that the electrical grid wasn't up to the task), but by the crazy result. Must've been the "fan effect" (if one such exists). I doubt many Lithuanians took the trip...

 

[Baluncore]

It would be interesting to know how the acceleration of one tram, away from a stop, might be synchronised with the regenerative braking of another to a stop, something that could reduce the peak load of the transport system on the grid.

In a democracy, successful politicians do not get too far ahead of the people who vote, so they must move the people along. I expect the friendly game was designed, in these difficult times, to do more for the Pan-European unity of the people, than for soccer. The game has played an important part in uniting the East and the West of Europe, in the minds of all the fans involved. That is a win for the Lithuanian people, and European politicians.

 

[sbrothy]

A devious line of thinking, but probably not too far from the truth. As I learned in history: cui bono?