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Category Archives: Trams
Tram stops in Russia
Tram tracks are quite obvious when they run down the street, but in Russia finding a tram stop can be a tad tricky.
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Tagged Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Saint Petersburg, tram stops
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Traffic lights and Russian trams
Where trams and road vehicles co-exist on public roads, special traffic lights are often provided to give them priority at intersections, and Russian cities are no different.
Electric trains, trams and trolleybuses on movable bridges
The Russian city of Saint Petersburg is a located across a collection of islands, divided by the Neva River, and reconnected by a series of lift bridges that allow boats to head upriver. So how do electric trains, trams and trolleybuses make their way across?
Posted in Trains, Trams
Tagged Germany, Netherlands, rail operations, railway electrification, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Turkey
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Moscow trams in the Garden Ring
Moscow is a city with a sizable tram network, but if you only wander around the inner city, you’d never know it. So why are tram routes so sparse in the inner city?
Maintenance vehicles of the Budapest tramways
Tramway operators need a fleet of special vehicles to keep the tracks and overhead lines in good working order, and the city of Budapest is no different.
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Tagged BKV, Budapest, Budapesti Közlekedési Vállalat, Hungary, maintenance, pantographs, rail operations
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When tram and trolleybus wires cross
Trams and trolleybuses have one thing in common – they pull their power supply from wires above the vehicles. This presents difficulties when the two modes of transport cross paths.
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Tagged Budapest, Hungary, Moscow, pantographs, railway electrification, Russia, trolleybuses
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Disused tram tracks in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg was once home to the tram network in the world – Wikipedia says it consisted of 340 kilometres (210 miles) of unduplicated track in the late 1980s, but today has shrunk to around around 200 kilometres of track, following widespread route closures.
Confused by Saint Petersburg’s many railway museums
On my visit to Saint Petersburg a visit to the local railway museum was on my itinerary, but the city doesn’t make it easy – there are three separate museums, each catering to a difference facet of Russia’s railways. So how do you tell them apart?
Posted in Tourism, Trains, Trams
Tagged railfan guides, railways, Russia, Russian Railways, Saint Petersburg
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Adelaide’s trams and their Frankfurt connection
Over in Frankfurt I spent some time photographing the straßenbahn network. On seeing tram below, my thoughts went back to the Australian city of Adelaide, where almost identical trams are in service. So how are the two related?
Zeitinsel – a safer tram stop in Germany
In Germany trams are called ‘Straßenbahn>’ and the places they stop are called ‘Haltestelle’ – which come in a number of different designs. The ‘Überfahrbare Kaphaltestelle‘ (traversable Kaphaltestelle) is the one of most interest to someone from a tram network such as Melbourne.