Of course, many other cities and towns in Poland – or which were formerly included within Poland’s borders – also boast vast tram networks. Lviv, now in Ukraine, established horse-drawn trams in 1880.

“More and more disabled people are arriving every day,” says Roman Mulyar, chief engineer at Lvivelectrotrans (LET), which operates Lviv’s trams and trolleybuses. “They have difficulty to ...

Despite being older models, the Vevey manufactured trams are less energy-intensive than Lviv’s Communist-era fleet. The donations are part of a broader foreign aid flow from the Alpine country ...