NETHERLANDS: Staff on Amsterdam tram Route 26 gave children with Down’s syndrome the chance to be conductors for a day, opening and closing the doors and announcing the stops.
They were also allowed to sit in the driver’s seat of a tram at a stabling area, and given a special T-shirt and lunch.
The event was organised by Jordy ten Berge, a team manager on GVB’s Route 26, and Desmond Gemert a conductor on Route 3.
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