Sep 30 2008
Wroclaw Trip Diary, Tuesday 10 am-2 pm
10:34 am. I always advise people to check things in advance and do their research, but I’m very bad at taking my own advice. Instead of looking up which tram lines have the low-floor vehicles and when those vehicles run, I just came out to the stop. The two trams that have passed have both been high-floor vehicles, with steps up into them. I did see a low-floor one, going in the opposite direction. It looks like the new ones have the same design as the Dutch and German ones: the floor is lower so it’s easier to get on, but not 100% accessible. At this stop, there’s about a 5-inch gap between the road and the floor of the tram.
It’s now too late for me to wait for another tram and hope it’s the right type for me to get on, and I don’t feel like being lifted onto a high-floor one, so I’m getting a taxi. I’ll investigate tram accessibility tomorrow.
10:39 am. That was quick! The taxi’s here already.
