A new model of trams will soon be seen around Prague, as the Škoda ForCity Plus 52T was launched this week for the first time on Škoda's test track in Plzeň. Ahead of their arrival and test runs in the capital, Danny Bate spoke to councillor and former Deputy Mayor for Transport Adam Scheinherr about what the new trams will offer. These trams are specially designed for conditions of Prague, and they come with new technology. So, they will be trams for the twenty-first century.

These trams have bigger capacity. They can board 20% more passengers. They are low-floor trams, so they don't have any stairs inside, making them very comfortable for passengers with some difficulties, like elderly people, parents with strollers, or passengers on wheelchairs. And for those people especially, they can get on the tram through four out of five doors. It will be much more comfortable than now, when they can use only two doors out of six.

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