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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Hit by worker shortage german city gets students to drive trams | History Defined

Benedikt Hanne is one of five student recruits of the Nuremberg public transport service (Credit: AFP)

Seated before the tram's control panel, Benedikt Hanne, 24, deftly steered the red and white wagons, hours before heading to Nuremberg university to study for a social work degree.

As an apprentice, Hanne was watched closely by a trainer, and the tram he drove had no passengers.

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