{"id":12678,"date":"2015-10-04T01:37:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T05:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=12678"},"modified":"2015-10-03T17:42:36","modified_gmt":"2015-10-03T21:42:36","slug":"alstom-trams-at-valenciennes-france-1-october-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/alstom-trams-at-valenciennes-france-1-october-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Alstom Trams at Valenciennes, France\u20141 October 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For me it was like the LUAS transplanted. The trams at Valenciennes are variations of Alstom\u2019s Citadis trams that have worked Dublin\u2019s Green and Red Lines since 2004.<\/p>\n<p>While, visiting Valenciennes, my host Mauno Pajunen and I went for spin on the light rail, and I made a variety of images using my Fuji X-T1 and Lumix LX7 digital cameras.<\/p>\n<p>We benefitted from rich polarized autumn sun. Trams operated on a ten minute frequency on each of the two routes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=12679\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12679\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12679\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/alstom-trams-at-valenciennes-france-1-october-2015\/tram_valenciences_dscf3331\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Tram_valenciences_DSCF3331.jpg?fit=4896%2C3264\" data-orig-size=\"4896,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Tram_valenciences_DSCF3331.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Tram_valenciences_DSCF3331.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=12680\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12680\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12680\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/alstom-trams-at-valenciennes-france-1-october-2015\/tram_valenciences_dscf3321\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Tram_valenciences_DSCF3321.jpg?fit=4896%2C3264\" data-orig-size=\"4896,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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The trams at Valenciennes are variations of Alstom\u2019s Citadis trams that have worked Dublin\u2019s Green and Red Lines since 2004. 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