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Speaking of streetcars, check out this double decker

Everybody knows about double decker buses (we even have some in DC), but did you know there are double decker streetcars?


Double decker tram in Blackpool, UK. Photo by Roger Marks on flickr.

January 31st, 2013 | Permalink | {num}Comments
Tags: streetcar, transportation

  • ballston guy

    TIL there’s an eiffel tower lookalike in blackpool.

  • http://twitter.com/paytonchung Payton Chung

    Hong Kong also has one line of double-decker trams that roughly parallel the city’s Island Line metro. The locals call them “ding dings.”



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