Why Nancy Is Scrapping Its Magically Bonkers Monorail-Bus-Trams

In 1999, the eastern French city of Nancy decided to replace its ageing trolleybuses with an experimental new type of tram: the TVR. It was just like a normal tram, except it had rubber wheels, only one rail, and if wanted, it could run off the rail completely and turn into a bus. Basically, it was brilliant. So why are they getting rid of it? INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ A BIG THANK YOU TO: Siyana Pavlova Vincent Tourneur Adrian Fuentes Cat Nicholson MORE INFO Excellent video by @RMTransit about the wider subject of rubber-tyred trams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCyIpIXA4zQRM Local news article about the new trolleybus (and the retirement of the TVR) - https://www.grandnancy.eu/se-deplacer/actualite-ligne-1 Article by Urban Transport Magazine on the story - https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/en/nancy-tram-project-postponed-the-trolleybus-is-to-come-back/ IMAGE CREDITS Line 1 route map - www.reseau-stan.com Nancy macaroons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macaron_de_Nancy_-_IMG_2841.JPG