From Banegården to Skejby: On a trip with the Light Rail (2017)

YouTube name: stiftendk.
Date: December 8, 2017.
City: Aarhus (Denmark).

Aarhus Letbane
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Aarhus light rail line L2: Odder - Lystrup
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Aarhus low-floor articulated tram 1108-1208, manufacturer Stadlerrail Werk Pankow, type Variobahn, width 2.65 m, length 32.00 m, weight 41.0 t, manufactured 2016-2017, with 84 seats and 132 standing places, max speed 80 km/h, in the direction of Aarhus H.

We have been allowed to mount a camera on one of the light rail trains, so now you can join the entire first stage of the light rail ride. 18 minutes of pure train zen.

Universitetshospitalet → Aarhus H → The University → Skolebakken → Olof Palmes Alle → Vandtårnet (Ringvejen) → Universitetsparken → Nørreport → Mølleparken → Dokk1 → Stjernepladsen → Nehrus Allé → Stockholmsgade.

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