Pakan’s Maryam Nawaz launches ‘trackless tram’; internet says, ‘that’s just a bus’ | Trending
Maryam Nawaz, chief miner of Pakan’s Punjab, has launched what she hailed as South Asia’s “first-ever trackless tram”. Internet users, however, were less than impressed, with many pointing out that a trackless tram is basically a bus. Maryam Nawaz is the chief miner of Punjab, Pakan. According to a report in Dhaka Tribune, Pakan’s first fully electric, trackless tram — the Super Autonomous Rapid Transit (Sart) system — was launched on Tuesday. Maryam Nawaz boarded the zero-emission vehicle for its inaugural ride. However, a video of Nawaz launching the trackless tram became the object of mockery online. “Ladies and gentlemen, South Asia’s first ever Track-less tram soon starting its service in Lahore, Punjab under Maryam Nawaz,” read the caption of the video. The video racked up over 2.6 million views on X, where a majority of the comments called the tram a bus. Trackless tram gets trolled“That’s a bus,” read one comment under the clip. “Still can’t think of a single advantage this fictional tram gives us over a regular bus except that it’s good for a Maryam Nawaz photoshoot and PR video,” another commenter said. One X user wrote: “Important reminder. There is no such thing as a trackless tram”. “I love how countries just reinvent buses and give them hi-tech sounding names like ‘autonomous rail-less transportation hypercarriage’ and shill accounts just eat it up,” another X user quipped. A tram vs a busA tram is like a street train that runs on rails, usually powered electricity from overhead wires, and follows a fixed track. A bus, on the other hand, runs on regular roads without rails, can change routes easily, and is usually powered diesel, gas or batteries. A trackless tram is therefore essentially a bus with a tram-like design and tech upgrades. Pakan’s fully electric, zero-emission tram developed Norinco International can transport up to 320 passengers in its three compartments. A fourth coach can be added to boost capacity to more than 400 passengers.
