Baltimore has not had streetcar in regular passenger operation since 1963. But one city, Finland's capital Helsinki, still operates twelve lines! In fact, the twelfth line was added last week and now there is talk about extending it to a high-rent seafront district. When first introduced years ago, the idea was defeated by businesses and residents who complained that streetcars would rob their precious parking places.
Now Helsingin Sanomat, the country's largest daily, reports that municipal authories have reopened the case. They would use a new narrow-gauge model.
Here is the newspaper story (if you read Finnish):
Raitiolinja 9:ää aiotaan yhä jatkaa Etelä-Helsinkiin - HS.fi - Kaupunki
Turns out the paper also has stories in English about it:
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/New.../1135238557340
Another one:
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/FAC.../1135238558241
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