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Tatra KT4D #176
28 september 2008 - Constanta (RO) – depou/zajezdnia. A Tatra KT4D at rest in the depot. These cars still looked quite smart in their Berlin livery and were quite well kept, at least externally. After the Constanta system closed, all the trams remained in the depot for many months, but I don’t think that even the Tatras ever found a buyer, so were probably scrapped eventually.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Comments: 2
Tatra KT4D #177
Tatra KT4D #178
28 september 2008 - Constanta (RO) – Faleza Nord. Car #178 again, this time at the far terminus overlooking the Black Sea (which isn’t, any more than the River Danube is blue –just a dirty grey colour). By this time, tram routes through the centre of the city had already closed, leaving this route around the ring road, away from the town centre and sea shore.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Comments: 2
28 september 2008 - Constanta, Romania - Soseaua Industriala: A scene outside the Constanta bus depot and a few metres from the entrance to the tramway depot. What would you give for a glass of fresh milk from these cows, grazing in all kinds of litter and filth? Although Constanta claims to be a tourist and holiday destination, this part of town looks more like the Third World than a civilised country.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
28 september 2008 - Constanta, Romania - Strada Celulozei. Does anyone fancy some nice fresh milk? I certainly didn’t – just look at all the really disgusting filth and litter where the cow is grazing – yuk! Maybe you can spot a second cow on the other side of the street. This is just outside the RATC bus depot, but looks more like India than a Western country.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Comments: 5
28 september 2008 - Constanta, Romania - Faleza Nord. A busy moment at the Line 102 terminus.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
28 september 2008 - Constanta (RO) - Strada Celulozei. Another Tatra in the street outside the depot – what a dump! I wonder who needed to come here, and why a tramway was needed in the first place? Probably it would have closed much sooner, had the depot not been here in this desolate place.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Tatra KT4D #179
14 august 2008 - Constanţa, Strada Cumpenei, niedaleko zajezdni tramwajowo-autobusowej.
Author: mario
Author: mario
Tatra KT4D #180
28 september 2008 - Constanta, Romania – Eliberarii. Ex-Berlin KT4-D 180 on Line 102 fights its way across a wide and busy junction where there is no traffic control whatsoever. Only the size and weight of the tram will persuade Romanian car drivers to give way! The abandoned track in the foreground is part of a route that was built, but never opened.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Tatra KT4D #183
28 september 2008 - Constanta (RO) - Strada Celulozei. Electric transport in Constanta wasn’t (constant) – the last two remaining tram routes closed in November 2008, just a short time after our visit, and the trolleybus lines didn’t last much longer, so we were fortunate to see both in operation. Here, one of the sixteen ex-Berlin KT4D trams turns outside the depot entrance. In these last days, all tracks and equipment were badly worn, as no maintenance appeared to have taken place for some time - new buses were already arriving to take over.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Comments: 2
28 september 2008 - Constanta, Romania - Strada Zorelelor: The terminal loop for the trams in this part of town was at the end of this narrow street, where two trams together made it difficult for any other traffic to pass. Romanian V3A and Tatra KT4-D trams seemed to be used indescriminately, both appearing entirely at random on either of the two routes.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
28 september 2008 - Constanta, Romania – Strada Celulozei. The fact that this is called Cellulose Street will tell you much about the nature of the area where the Constanta tramway depot was situated – very picturesque! All trams on the last two operating routes came to this desolate spot.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Tatra KT4D #184
28 september 2008 - Constanta, Romania - Strada Zorelelor: Ex-Berlin Tatra KT4-D tram #184 just before the end of Route 102, which ran from here across the city to the tramway depot in the industrial area. These Tatra cars were in much better condition than the Romanian V3A trams - which continued to be used alongside the Tatras, but were gradually falling apart. Within a few weeks, the system was closed for good, anyway.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Tatra KT4D #186
14 august 2008 - Constanţa, Str. Pescarilor, pętla Faleza Nord. Tramwaje linii 102 przemierzały południkowo całe miasto w kierunku północnym, omijając centrum, ale podążając wzdłuż dużych blokowisk, oraz centrum handlowego i dojeżdżały (po skręceniu o 90 stopni w kier. wschodnim) do pętelki zlokalizowanej nad morzem. Po trasie zaliczały liczne skrzyżowania z eksploatowaną i nieeksploatowaną już siecią trolejbusową.
Author: mario
Author: mario
Comments: 1
Tatra KT4D #187
28 september 2008 - Constanta, Romania – depou tramvaie/zajezdnia/depot. Two of the ex-Berlin KT4D trams outside the depot. These Tatra cars normally operated on the cross-town Line 102, whereas the locally-built V3A trams were confined to the Line 101 Depot – Railway Station route.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Tatra KT4D #190
28 september 2008 - Constanta, Romania - Strada Zorelelor. To reach Faleza Nord, the trams ran up this narrow residential street from the city centre.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Comments: 4
28 september 2008 - Constanta, Romania – depou/zajezdnia petla/depot. Line 102 turned outside the depot entrance to travel back through the city.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
28 september 2008 - Constanta, Romania - Strada Zorelelor, Delfinariu. Today, a final look at the Constanta tramways. Here, ex-Berlin Tatra car 190 passes the Grotty Pizza Restaurant.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Comments: 1
28 september 2008 - Constanta, Romania – Strada Celulozei. Quality transport in Constanza – although a ride on the donkey cart is probably just as comfortable as the lurching, rattling tram seen disappearing into the bushes at the Line 102 turning loop. It’s probably quicker, too.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Comments: 9
28 september 2008 - Constanta, Romania – Strada Celulozei. Tatra 190 passing the tramway depot entrance – you can see that the track is not very good. When the Constanta system finally closes (scheduled for 11 October 2008, but evidently still running into November), there is a possibility that Cluj-Napoca might buy some of these KT4-Ds to supplement their fleet of similar cars.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar