> The Gold Coast trams certainly do not have swivelling bogies, but are
> still good enough to walk from rear to front without holding on while
> doing 70km/h on the reservation.
The Gold Coast tramway was designed for the trams, so it should work,
and does. The suspension design seems to damp yawing while the design
of Melbourne's C1s fails in this area. I think that later Alstom
Citadis designs do better in this area.
>
> I never thought the Adelaide Bombardier trams had swivelling bogies.
> Maybe a local can verify that.
The end sections of the Adelaide Flexity trams have motorised bogies
that have a high bolster, thus requiring a raised floor height. There
is a step up to the area over the bogies.
The centre section has bogies with low bolsters (but no motors) and
allow a lower floor height.
Pics attached - showing the two types and holes for king pins and the
step within the end section..
Mal Rowe - not a king pin
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