A record number of 25 teams took part in the European TramDriver Championships in Stuttgart, with a team from Stockholm taking the title of ‘Best European Tram Driver’.
On May 5, 25 teams from 19 different countries were tested on their spatial awareness, braking skills and ability to judge distances across six different disciplines – including the popular tram bowling.
Organisers said that more than 66,000 spectators followed the championship through an online stream.
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At the end of the event, the CEO of Stuttgart public transport company SSB, Wolfgang Arnold, handed over the baton to Marc Coudyser and Roland De Coster, representatives of transport company STIB-MIVB from Brussels, the host city of the 8th TRAM-EM on May 5, 2019.
The full rankings from the 2018 tournament were as follows:
- Stockholm – 4440
- Frankfurt – 4400
- Bergen – 4390
- Dresden – 3960
- Gothenburg – 3770
- Brussels – 3730
- Moscow – 3690
- Rotterdam – 3610
- Helsinki – 3610
- Budapest – 3600
- Lodz – 3430
- Berlin – 3430
- Paris – 3300
- Brno – 3260
- Tenerife – 3230
- Barcelona – 3000
- Zurich – 2890
- Oradea – 2850
- Dublin – 2850
- Porto – 2810
- Stuttgart – 2560
- Leipzig – 2520
- Vienna – 2340
- Manchester – 2120
- Florence – 2030.
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