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Oradea 2023

TRAM-EM fans in Eastern Europe had to wait a long time for their championship. Originally planned for 2020, the 10th edition had to be postponed twice due to Corona pandemic. On June 3, 2023 the time had finally come - 25 teams from 19 nations traveled to Oradea in Romania. Teams from Bordeaux, Nuremberg, Oslo, Warsaw and Zagreb are taking part in the European Tramdriver Championship for the first time.

The organizing team from the local transport company OTL had a lot planned. The goal was to present Oradea as the hotspot for European public transport. Expectations were correspondingly high. With the venue in the beautiful, historic center of the city, the perfect location was quickly found, and the competition equipment also left nothing to be desired. However, what all participants found particularly wonderful was the overwhelming hospitality of the OTL team.

The competitions themselves were once again exciting until the last ride. Newcomer Zagreb led at halftime ahead of Vienna and Prague. In the second run, Ian Collins from Dublin moves into the front before the Scandinavians from Gothenburg, Stockholm and Oslo engage in a hot three-way battle. Sandra Kaider and Andreas Kainrad from Vienna were finally able to fight their way to the top with a perfect second run, where they just had to wait to see whether Ljiljana Pezo Rogic from Zagreb showed her nerves. The result speaks for itself: Vienna wins with 4,300 points, ahead of Gothenburg with 4,180 points and Prague with 3,630 points.

Participants and the organizing team agree - the 10th edition of the TRAM-EM European Tramdriver Championship exceeded all expectations. A sequel is eagerly awaited. Only where and when is still unclear at this point.

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1) Vienna 4300, 2) Gothenburg 4180, 3) Prague 3630, 4) Stockholm 3590, 5) Zagreb 3450, 6) Dublin 3430, 7) Oslo 3280, 8) Rotterdam 3250, 9) Szeged 3200, 10) Basel 3090, 11) Kosice 3050, 12) Brussels 3050, 13) Warsaw 3030, 14) Oradea 3020, 15) Leipzig 2940, 16) Debrecen 2900 , 17) Bordeaux 2850, 18) Barcelona 2840, 19) Nuremberg 2810, 20) Hanover 2690, 21) Berlin 2610, 22) Málaga 2450, 23) Florence 2410, 24) Kyiv 2330, 25) Dresden 2300

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