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Duewag GT6 #442
20 may 2005 - Tabarz, near Gotha. The substantial Thuringerwaldbahn terminus on the edge of Tabarz village – the line once continued a little further along the main village street. At this point, the tram is nearly 20km from Gotha city centre.
Comments: 1
Duewag GT6 #408
20 may 2005 - Gotha – Thuringerwaldbahn near Wahlwinkel. Deuwag 408 (ex-Brandenburg) is almost completely lost in the landscape as it heads towards Freidrichroda and Tabarz.
Comments: 4
Gotha G4-65 #215
1 august 2004 - Gotha, zajezdnia/depot Waltershauserstrasse. 215 is the last East German Gotha articulated car, modelled on the Deuwag GT4, to remain in the city where it was built. It is now a museum car.
Comments: 1
Gotha T57 #47
1 august 2004 - Gotha, zajezdnia/depot Waltershauserstrasse. Although in superb external condition, 47 is actually used as a works car, mainly to transport tramway workers to remote places along the Thuringerwaldbahn, away from roads.
Duewag GT6 #396
1 august 2004 - Gotha, zajezdnia/depot Waltershauserstrasse. Classic GT6 trams, acquired second-hand from Mannheim - all normal services are now run by ex-Erfurt Tatra KT4Ds and the sizeable collection of Deuwags has been either retired or scrapped.
Tatra KT4MC #306
19 may 2005 - Gotha, Bahnhofstrasse. This KT4D was specially painted to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Thuringerwaldbahn in 2005. This car came second-hand from nearby Erfurt.
Comments: 3
Duewag GT6 #408
20 may 2005 - Wahlwinkel, near Gotha - Thuringerwaldbahn. Another Line 4 car heading towards Tabarz - this one was ex-Brandenberg and has since been scrapped.
Comments: 5
Duewag GT6M #528
20 may 2005 - Waltershausen, near Gotha. Double-ended GT6 on the short Friedrichroda to Waltershausen shuttle service that links with the Thuringerwaldbahn. This was the last regular Deuwag operation on the Gotha system.
Comments: 1
Duewag GT6 #395
20 may 2005 - Reinhardsbrunn, near Gotha. On the 21km Thuringerwaldbahn interurban line from Gotha to Tabarz, 395 heads through the remote pine forests that line the route.
Comments: 3
Duewag GT6 #320
20 may 2005 - Gotha, Bahnhofstrasse. 2005 was the last year of extensive Deuwag operation in Gotha, as ex-Erfurt Tatra cars were arriving in numbers to replace these lovely classic trams. 442 and 320, working the two in-town routes, stand together at the Bahnhof terminus - also now gone and replaced with a sexy new interchange.
Tatra KT4SU #233
29 may 2006 - Liepaja, Latvia – Rigas Iela. Car 233 (not 1018!) has just passed the very fine old railway station. This building still functions, but mainly as a bus terminal – there is (or was, at the time of my visit) just one passenger train a day.
Tatra KT4D #238
29 may 2006 - Liepaja, Latvia - Rigas Iela. Car 238 passes the depot entrance on its way to the northern terminus. No destinations or route numbers are displayed – there is only one route – and the indicators are been panelled over.
Tatra KT4D #245
29 may 2006 - Liepaja, Latvia – Krisjana Valdemara Iela. ex-Erfurt 245 passes some pleasant old buildings to the south of the town centre. If there was once a fleet livery, no-one seems to remember it and all cars wear all-over advertisements.
Tatra KT4SU #234
29 may 2006 - Liepaja, Latvia – zajezdnia/depot, Rigas Iela. The tiny old depot building is only large enough for a few trams and the rest are stored outside. Access to the depot involves a very complicated reverse shunt across a main road – driving straight in or out from either direction is impossible, as the track layout is very restrictive. KT4Ds 234 (apparently made by Volkswagen), 237 and 246 stand inside the depot.
Tatra KT4D #238
29 may 2006 - Liepaja, Latvia – Rigas Iela. This small, metre-gauge system is operated entirely with Tatra KT4 trams, either bought new or picked up second-hand from Cottbus and Erfurt in Germany. Here, ex-Cottbus 238 passes the depot, midway along the solitary route.
AEG GT6M #910
19 may 2005 - Zwickau, Kornmarkt. Almost dwarfed by two historic buildings, 910 squeezes through a tiny gap along a section of interlaced track.
Comments: 1
AEG GT6M #907
19 may 2005 - Zwickau, Aeussere Schneeberger Strasse. A few seconds later, tram 907 passes along the same track in the other direction – the diesel railcar is now safely tucked away in the standard-gauge platform until its next scheduled departure to the Czech border town of Kraslice.
Siemens/Deuwag RegioSprinter #VT 35
19 may 2005 - Zwickau, Aeussere Schneeberger Strasse. I hope the TWB censors will allow this one photo to illustrate the Zwickau tram-train in operation - at this point, the train is running as a tram on a city tramway, so is really a tram – the distinction is no longer clear-cut! The RegioSprinter has travelled from Stadthalle along the street on mixed-gauge tracks and is just crossing into the terminal platform at Zentrum. You can ride the train into town from one of the outlying tram stops, just as if it were a tram.
Comments: 1
AEG GT6M #906
19 may 2005 - Zwickau – Haltestelle Zentrum. As the main railway station is some distance from the city centre, Zwickau was one of the first places to adopt the now-fashionable ‘tram-train’ concept. Vogtlandbahn RegioSprinter VT 35 waits at the single, standard gauge terminal track, right in the middle of Zwickau’s commercial centre, whilst metre-gauge city trams serve the other side of the island platform – true transport integration.
Comments: 2
AEG GT6M #906
19 may 2005 - Zwickau – Stadthalle. Zwickau in Saxony was once the home of the celebrated Trabant motor car. The progressive tramway system here was rather overlooked in TWB until now. AEG metre-gauge tram 906 waits to leave Stadthalle with a Line 8 service. Buses use the other face of the island platform, so commuters don’t need to get wet. The network has since been extended from here to a new terminus, further out in the suburbs, and Line 8 no longer exists.
Gotha T2-62 #78
19 may 2005 - Plauen – zajezdnia/depot Wiesenstrasse. Tramway kitsch (5). Inside party tram #78. Oh, come on! If this is what Electric Beer can do for you, get me some……..
Gotha T2-62 #78
19 may 2005 - Plauen – zajezdnia/depot Wiesenstrasse. Tramway kitsch (4). Another reasonably conventional exterior, this time with a paint job advertising Electric Beer.
Comments: 2
MAN GT6 #CAFE TRAM
21 march 2008 - Krakow, zajezdnia/depot Podgorze. Tramway kitsch (3). The Krakow café tram – all crushed velvet upholstery inside. In regular operation, strictly for the tourists.
Comments: 5
Rathgeber ST6 #12
27 july 2004 - Darmstadt – zajezdnia/depot Frankenstein. Tramway kitsch (2). Inside the Darmstadt Datterich-Express – a bit of a surprise!
Comments: 4
Rathgeber ST6 #12
27 july 2004 - Darmstadt – zajezdnia/depot Frankenstein. Tramway kitsch (1). This 1954 Rathgeber ST6 looks fairly conventional from the outside, given its advertising paint job as the Datterich-Express.
Tatra T3SU #5-2119
30 may 2006 - Riga, Latvia – petla Mezaparks. Line 11. 5-2119 and 5-2120 wait on the woodland terminal loop. These must be the only T3s with offside centre doors! So, what’s that all about? Just to confuse British tourists, I expect.....
Comments: 4
Tatra T3SU #4-2181
30 may 2006 - Riga, Latvia – Bauskas Iela. Tatra T3 4-2181 leads along a single track, roadside section of Line 10. The Riga numbering scheme is another feature from Soviet times. The first digit signifies the tram’s home depot and often changes over time - very awkward for the TWB database!
Tatra T3SU #4-2337
30 may 2006 - Riga, Latvia - Vienibas Gatve, outside Depot 4. A single T3 working Line 10 passes 4-2322 which waits to join the main line.
Comments: 1
Miscellaneous #034
30 may 2006 - Riga, Latvia - Tipografijas Iela. The Riga ‘retro tram’ is claimed to date from the first electric lines opened by company TTP Riga in 1901 and wears this number on the dash – however, I believe the correct fleet number is 034 and it may be a little younger. It’s certainly an important survivor (particularly as the only other old Riga tram, the gorgeous RM-56 behind, was destroyed by fire just after this photo was taken). But why the awful dressing up - I suppose tourists like it? It now (2008) wears an even more flamboyant paint scheme.
Tatra T3SU #4-2175
29 may 2006 - Riga, Lotwa - Uzvaras. Para T3 4-2175 i 4-2176 na linii 10 mija pomnik upamietniajacy wojne. Poza niektorymi kursami poza szczytem na linii 10, wszystkie ryskie tramwaje jezdza parami. W kazdym z nich podrozuje nieumundurowany konduktor, ktory sprzedaje papierowe bileciki odrywane z rolki - typowy system sowiecki. Tlumaczenie: straphan
Duewag N8C-NF #3304
11 may 2008 - Krakow, al. Pokoju - Ofiar Dabia. Ex-Essen 1013. The only one of this useful batch of double-ended cars without a low-floor section. Temporary Line 72.
MAN/Duewag N8S-NF #3303
11 may 2008 - Krakow, Al. Pokoju – Fabryczna. Ex-Nurnberg 366. Temporary Line 72.
MAN/Duewag N8S-NF #3302
11 may 2008 - Krakow, Al. Pokoju. Ex-Nurnberg 367. Temporary Line 72.
MAN/Duewag N8S-NF #3301
11 may 2008 - Krakow, Al. Pokoju – Rondo Grzegorzeckie. Ex-Nurnberg 364. Temporary terminus of Line 72.
Bombardier NGT6/2 #2021
11 may 2008 - Krakow, Starowislna. Line 13.
Comments: 2
Star 1142 #39760
3 july 2007 - Gdynia - Leszczynki, zajezdnia PKT.
Comments: 7
Star 266 #11
2 july 2007 - Torun, Zajezdnia - Sienkiewicza.
Unistar K #PO 9663F
1 july 2007 - Poznan, Zaklad Glogowska. Does anyone know what make this is?
Comments: 8
Star 244 #535A
10 may 2008 - Chorzow, Rynek – ul. Tadeusza Kosciuszki.
Comments: 1
MAN #208
4 october 2006 - Liberec, Masarykova. The dual gauge track at this place is not now used in normal service.
Konstal 803N #18
4 may 2001 - Zgierz, plac Kilinskiego. MKT 18 waits at the terminal loop to form the next Line 45 service.
Comments: 2
Alstom 116Nd #804
23 april 2001 - Katowice, zajezdnia Zawodzie. Car 804 when newly delivered from Konstal and in use for driver training.
Ringhoffer DSM #180
26 august 1982 - Crich, Derbyshire – National Tramway Museum. Ringhoffer car 180 was a gift from Hungarian tramway engineers in 1968. Research has shown that this is really Praha 266 and that it worked in Olomouc as their car 61 from 1955 until 1968. The original Praha livery would have been green and white. It no longer operates in museum service.
Comments: 2
PCC #6232
6 august 1999 - Ghent/Gand, Emile Braunplein. One of the pretty little Belgian PCCs in near-original condition, still displaying the old fleet number 32. In the background, a Ghent trolleybus is fast disappearing (as they will do completely quite soon, so Belgium will have no trolleybuses).
Konstal N #G-071
2 may 2001 - Wroclaw, zajezdnia Gaj.
Comments: 2
Bombardier CR4000 #2533
17 july 2002 - Addington, Coombe Lane. Another view of the switchback crossing.
Comments: 2
Bombardier CR 4000 #2534
18 july 2002 - Mitcham, Mitcham Junction. Tramlink has several short single-track sections, like here where it crosses a conventional railway.
Bombardier CR4000 #2548
18 july 2002 - Addington, Coombe Lane. This awkward road crossing was intended to be a short tunnel, but the money ran out. Interestingly, some maps (eg Multimap) actually show a tram tunnel here!
Bombardier CR4000 #2551
18 july 2002 - Addington, Lodge Lane. On the approach to New Addington terminus. Someone had the rather nice idea of continuing the number series from the last original London tram, which is why their fleet numbers are so high.
Tatra T3 #263
3 october 2006 - Litvinov, Poliklinika. The two tram depots at Most and Litvinov each operate a T3 as a works car - #263 is normally based at Most, but is seen here at the other end of the line, heading to the scene of some track repairs near Chemopetrol.
Škoda 03T5 #202
3 october 2006 - Litvinov, Mostecka. A recently-delivered Astra low-floor car passes Livinov depot on Line 4, heading for Citadela.
Tatra T3SUCS #257
3 october 2006 - Litvinov, Chemopetrol. Here, the sky is dark with smoke that blots out the sun – probably not a very healthy place to live and work. Tatra T3 #257, running as a single unit, displays no route number but is bound for Litvinov city centre along the fast interurban line from Most.
Karosa B732.20 #MOA 18-11
3 october 2006 - Most, Zizkova. One of the tramway work vehicles is this bus, shown leaving Most Velebudice depot on an early morning assignment. I don’t speak fluent Karosa – is it a Type B731? I assume that it’s an ex-DP Most service bus.
Comments: 3
Tatra T3M3 #261
3 october 2006 - Most, Zizkova. On a very wet and miserable morning, T3 pair 261 + 241 approaches the loop outside the Velebudice depot entrance. I hope people who live in Most will forgive me if I say it’s not the most picturesque place I’ve ever been, although I know the history. The interurban tramway links Most with the nearby city of Litvinov.
Brožík / Křižík #18
30 september 2006 - Plzen, petla Bolevec. The undoubted jewel of Plzen tramways is this fabulous 1899 car from the opening of the system. This is the oldest operating tram in the Czech Republic. Note the ingenious current collector, allowing it to operate under overhead wires aligned only for pantographs.
Comments: 7
Škoda 03T3 #305
30 september 2006 - Plzen, zajezdnia/depot Slovany. A fairly new Skoda Inekon LT Astra – this one looks as though it is faulty. In the early days of these Skoda trams, I saw many that had broken down………
Tatra K3R-NT #311
30 september 2006 - Plzen, Prazska. The old city centre. The articulated T3s were probably intended as a stop-gap until new low-floor trams arrive in large numbers – quite an effective way of extending their useful lives.
Tatra T1 #121
30 september 2006 - Plzen, Lidicka. The museum T1 looks quite attractive in blue, but this is not authentic – it would originally have carried Plzen’s very smart and unusual chrome yellow livery. It was in normal service in the city from 1955 until 1987.
Tatra K3R-NT #311
30 september 2006 - Plzen, Slovanska - approach tracks to Slovany depot. A number of Plzen T3s have been heavily rebuilt as seen here, with added articulations and a low-floor centre section – a sort of KT8D on the cheap?
Comments: 1
Ringhoffer DSM #223
14 may 2005 - Olomouc, 1 Maje. Historic motor car #223, built in 1930 for Praha and brought to Olomouc after WW2, runs a charter trip with trailer #99, built in 1951 for Ostrava.