Trams in your city

[Fabb]

Time to show photos of trams near you !

To begin with, Paris and the newly completed line, Maréchaux Sud :

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/1939/dscn15514xa.jpg

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/1642/dscn15549ib.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3140/dscn15556ud.jpg

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/9448/dscn15568zh.jpg

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/1183/dscn15608im.jpg

[Swede]

How's that line doing? Lots of people using it?

Stockholm has a few different trams/LRT in different parts of the City (and suburbs), but finding good pics of them is amazingly difficult.

[Minato Ku]

Now the http://www.metro-pole.net/x/T_19.gifhttp://www.metro-pole.net/x/T3_19.gif has 70,000 commuter per days (not bad but the busiest tram in France is in Montpellier with 130,000 commuter) per day. but we have three other lines


http://www.metro-pole.net/x/T_19.gifhttp://www.metro-pole.net/x/T1_19.gif 1992 - 2003 Saint Denis - Noisy le sec (northern inner suburbs of Paris)
The first light rail line in Paris urban area opened in 1992 it is the busiest tram line of Paris with 86,000 commuter per day. This light rail line is very insufficient for this way which would need a subway. :)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Paris_T1.jpg/800px-Paris_T1.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Tramway_parisien_line_T1_Pont_de_Bondy_01.jpg/800px-Tramway_parisien_line_T1_Pont_de_Bondy_01.jpg
http://www.viennaslide.com/p/0530-paris/Paris/2005-08-17_Paris_T1_01_Jean_Rostand.jpg
http://www.viennaslide.com/p/0530-paris/Paris/2005-08-17_Paris_T1_18_Petit_Noisy.jpg




http://www.metro-pole.net/x/T_19.gifhttp://www.metro-pole.net/x/T2_19.gif 1996 Issy Val de Seine - La Defense (Paris's western inner suburbs)
This line is the second line in Paris urban area it connects two big business districts of Paris (Val de Seine and la Defense) It has 70,000 commuter per day. This light rail line is very insufficient for this way which would need a subway. :D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Rame-T2-au-terminus-Issy.jpg/800px-Rame-T2-au-terminus-Issy.jpg
http://www.photos-trains.ch/photos/galleries/France/RATP/Tramways/T2/RATP_T2_M1_407_Issy_Val_de_Seine.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Paris_T2.jpg/800px-Paris_T2.jpg
http://www.viennaslide.com/p/0530-paris/Paris/2005-08-19_Paris_T2_Belvedere_410.jpg




http://www.metro-pole.net/x/T_19.gifhttp://www.metro-pole.net/x/T4_19.gif 2006 Aulney sous bois - Bondy (Eastern inner suburbs of Paris)
The first tram train in France opened one month before the http://www.metro-pole.net/x/T_19.gifhttp://www.metro-pole.net/x/T3_19.gif but I don't know the traffic of this line .
This light rail is a tram and a train unlike the three other lines it is managed by the SNCF not by the RATP

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/U_25500_Gargan_station_01.jpg/800px-U_25500_Gargan_station_01.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/U_25500_Villemomble_fr_01.jpg/800px-U_25500_Villemomble_fr_01.jpg

[Riise]

Very nice, keep them coming ladies and gentlemen!

[Agram]

These are the new trams currently operating in the Croatian capital of Zagreb. The CroTram is a locally built low-floor tram, hence the name.

The CroTram was rolled out on the streets of Zagreb a year ago. Recently the 50th tram was released out of a first batch of 70 ordered. At some stage this year another 70 more trams will be ordered bringing the total to 140 with more in the future.

The CroTram is one of 4 low-floor tram models produced in Europe. It was designed and manufacture by Croatian firms Koncar & Gredelj with over 70% of the trams components manufactured and assembled in Croatia.

There has been huge interest for CroTram in Slovakia, Poland, Turkey, Morocco, Bulgaria considering the quality has been proven to be of similar if not higher quality to other built trams but a considerable cost effective price.

Enjoy and let me know what you guys think :)

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Niskopodni_1.jpg

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http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/hr/trams/Zagreb/2200/ZET_2201_Koncar_050427_m13_TB.jpg

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http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/3481/img04045gl.jpg

http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/3149/p32654057lb.jpg

[Grumpy]

Here are some of where I live where since more than a century trams are running along the Belgian coastline:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/De_Snor/DSC00711.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/De_Snor/Troonstraat.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/De_Snor/HPIM3631.jpg

And let's not forget Brussels:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/snot/maps/301200-94.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/snot/maps/311002-18c.jpg

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[Fabb]

Paris again :

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/6783/dsc00055ey0.jpg

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/6775/dsc00056hc7.jpg

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7118/dsc00054lx6.jpg

[Swede]

Now the http://www.metro-pole.net/x/T_19.gifhttp://www.metro-pole.net/x/T3_19.gif has 70,000 commuter per days (not bad but the busiest tram in France is in Montpellier with 130,000 commuter) per day. but we have three other lines
That's only slightly more than our buisiest bus-line, the #4, that's been proposed to be converted to tram (and if so expected to have in the area of 100k+ riders/day). Now if only they'd do something more than talk about it... :(

@Agram - I'm really liking those new Crotrams. Sure, not the "coolest" design, but they sure look modern and like they won't look past their prime in 5-10 years.

[Rebasepoiss]

We don't have any new trams in Estonia because they are too expensive, but we have some trams with lowered mid-section, which actually don't look so bad at all.:
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7508/9913pn3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Still, most of the trams are without the lowered section:
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/981/13007qe0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
And a bonus pic(these things do happen once in a while):
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3476/10913zq7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[www.sercan.de]

Istanbul
new ones
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1678/umitsultanahmet33cq3.jpg

older ones
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/9551/tramway3974gc7.jpg

some nostalgia trams
http://www.calinda.net/resim/tramvay.jpg

[Wizzard]

In Bratislava, Slovakia, we do not have any low-floor trams yet, so I show you our the most modern trams, modernized Tatra K2S.

http://imhd.sk/ba/index.php?img=17011&typ=gm

http://imhd.sk/ba/index.php?img=4344&typ=gm

http://imhd.sk/ba/index.php?img=4343&typ=gm

[KRIS6981]

In Lyon, France, the two first line open the january 2, 2001. The third line open in december 2006 and the fourth in 2009. The material is "Alstom Citadis 302"
http://www.lyon-en-lignes.org/images/stories/tram/tram1.jpg
http://www.lyon-en-lignes.org/Phototheque/albums/userpics/10001/DCP_0165.JPG
Source: Lyon-en-lignes.org

[Lucky Luke]

It's hard to know what is a tram these days, as opposed to a train or a metro or a light rail... such a crossover.
In the UK there are 5 systems - Manchester, Blackpool, Sheffield, Nottingham and Croydon. The government has pulled plans for several more towns but there are plans for a couple in London. Manchester arguably needs a proper subway system but by Uk standards it's a miracle that it got the trams at all.
Sorry I don't have any pics!

[javierdiaz]

Bilbao(Spain)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Euskotranabandoibarra.jpg/300px-Euskotranabandoibarra.jpg

http://www.verdenorte.com/fotos/bilbao/bilbao_tranvia.jpg

http://comunidad.muchoviaje.com/cs/photos/ah_van_unas_fotos_de_bilbao/images/664/284x425.aspx

http://www.frado.net/dioptrias/images/20051015005122_img_1862.jpg

http://www.unioncesaraugusta.com/agenda/documentos/Bilbao-024.jpg

[javierdiaz]

Valencia(Spain):

http://www.cuerpo8.es/STOL/reportajes/imgtrenesrenfe/Tranvalencia2.jpg

http://web5.campus-party.org/imagenes/3/1122489757_155-tranvia.jpg

[javierdiaz]

Barcelona(Spain):

http://www.sevilla21.com/metro/dscf0018.jpg

http://www.sevilla21.com/metro/dscf0003.jpg

http://es.geocities.com/areaSF_2005/images/f_macia2.jpg

[Douly]

Marseille's new tram:

http://www.online-massalia.org/v3/IMG/jpg/tramessaijanvier2007-2-500.jpg

[FREKI]

Copenhagen doesn't have any trams anymore... and since I'm not a fan of those I'm quite happy with that...

But regardless of my feelings there's some pretty sweet ones in this tread!

[Fabb]

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3299/dsc03798hj1.jpg

Marseille, by Hca13

[beesbees]

Closest to me I suppose is the Croydon Tramlink:

http://www.icrs.org.uk/images/Photogallery/Croydon/Croydon%20Tram%20approaching%20Lebanon%20Road%20stop,%209.5.04.jpg


http://www.icrs.org.uk/images/Photogallery/Croydon/Croydon%20Tram%20approaching%20Wellesley%20Road%209.5.04.jpg

http://www.icrs.org.uk/images/Photogallery/Croydon/Croydon%20Tram%20approaching%20Reeves%20Corner%20stop,%209.6.04.jpg

[Ardent]

A few more of Croydon, England

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/warwickhunt03/200.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/warwickhunt03/204.jpg

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[Ardent]

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[Ardent]

It's hard to know what is a tram these days, as opposed to a train or a metro or a light rail... such a crossover.
In the UK there are 5 systems - Manchester, Blackpool, Sheffield, Nottingham and Croydon. The government has pulled plans for several more towns but there are plans for a couple in London. Manchester arguably needs a proper subway system but by Uk standards it's a miracle that it got the trams at all.
Sorry I don't have any pics!

Edinburgh and Dublin are building Tram Systems, parts of London are also to get trams. Also many cities such as Newcastle (Tyne and Wear Metro) and Birmingham Metro have good light rail systems.

[Ardent]

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[Grumpy]

Trams in Oostende (Belgium)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/De_Snor/DSC03124.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/De_Snor/DSC03122.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/De_Snor/DSC03119.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/De_Snor/DSC03128.jpg

Paris : T2 at La Défense

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/De_Snor/DSC03078.jpg

[staff]

So that's the new line, Fabb. I rode it several times during my Paris trip a couple of weeks ago - and it seemed to be well used by commuters.
It runs in a nice part of Paris by the way - an area I've never set foot in before my latest visit. The "China Town" (should we say Vietnamese Town? Seemed like that!) at the eastern end of the tram line is pretty nice too - way more authentic than London's tacky tourist trap.

[Ardent]

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[Ardent]

Edinburgh is pushing ahead with Plans for it's new Tram System.

Website - http://www.tramtime.com/

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/warwickhunt03/500.jpg

[Ardent]

Details of London Transport Tram Plans.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/modalpages/2674.aspx

[Ardent]

Many cities including Leeds in England are looking at modern trolleybuses and tram-trains
as an alternative to having to dig up roads and have rail tracks running through cities.

http://www.insideyorks.co.uk/tbus/

A modern Trolley bus
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/warwickhunt03/600.jpg

Tram-Train plans for UK Cities -

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/06/10/cntram110.xml

http://www.wymetro.com/News/070625-2.htm

Glasgow is looking to extend it's underground network, whilst most UK cities
have good light and regional rail systems. The Tyne and Wear Metro has just
been extended to Sunderland and the Dockland Light Railway is also being
extended.

[DocentX]

Warsaw

New tram by Polish company PESA (Warsaw ordered 15 of this)

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/4/4319/z4319704X.jpg

http://tramwar4.republika.pl/120n-1073-z.jpg

http://tramwar4.republika.pl/120n-1076-z.jpg

http://tramwar4.republika.pl/120n-1016-z.jpg

The trams will operate on the busiest tram route in Warsaw, which is currently modernized:

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/7171/t5do1.jpg

http://lorenc.republika.pl/tmp/aleje/17.JPG

http://lorenc.republika.pl/tmp/aleje/24.JPG

Krakow

Fast-Tram line under conts. - first part of the line should be opened in 2008:

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/4/4321/z4321024X.jpg

http://www.arm.krakow.pl/cms/galeria/inwestycje_1_172.jpg

http://www.arm.krakow.pl/cms/galeria/inwestycje_1_170.jpg

http://www.arm.krakow.pl/cms/galeria/inwestycje_1_174.jpg

Krakow's most modern trams by Bombardier:

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/5482/img1919medium7xo.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2150/img1920medium2jr.jpg

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/1613/img7155mediumwq3.jpg

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/2769/img7487mediumdf1.jpg

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/5598/img7567mediumuj4.jpg

Wroclaw

New trams by Skoda :

http://images22.fotosik.pl/161/06f8cd43aa0eb0ea.jpg

http://images22.fotosik.pl/161/f30c146c0ddf24c9.jpg

[SrbijaCG]

City of Zagreb just signed a contract for another SEVENTY (70) of the domestically-built "CroTram"...its worth about ~150 million euros, or two+ million euros per tram.

So within two years, Croatia's capital will have a fleet of 140 modern, low-floor trams with a possiblity for yet another batch of 70 trams for a total of 210 trams.

Meanwhile, Serbia's capital Belgrade can only afford to modernize 60 of its Czech-made KT4YU trams. A very amateurish contest was recently held to determine the look of the future trams...this is what won:

http://www.beograd.org.yu/download.php/documents//Inagrada.jpg

[Wizzard]

Historical tram in Bratislava:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Staraelina1.jpg/800px-Staraelina1.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Staraelina2.jpg/800px-Staraelina2.jpg

[elsonic]

Trams in Nantes, the largest French network

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/403884278_67a46b7a3d_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/116/301222512_886f438cc2_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/184/391928060_b2325fd3fd_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/89/252239724_687bffdf0d_b.jpg

http://213.246.51.66/images-web/14%20TRANSPORTS%20DE%20PERSONNES/TRAMWAY/TRAM_NANTES-0521DJ_wm.jpg http://213.246.51.66/images-web/14%20TRANSPORTS%20DE%20PERSONNES/TRAMWAY/TRAM_NANTES-0525DJ_wm.jpg http://213.246.51.66/images-web/14%20TRANSPORTS%20DE%20PERSONNES/TRAMWAY/TRAM_NANTES-0542DJ_wm.jpg

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http://www.vjoncheray.fr/phototheque-img/img_maxi/13213.jpg http://www.vjoncheray.fr/phototheque-img/img_maxi/13207.jpg

http://www.vjoncheray.fr/phototheque-img/img_maxi/14288.jpg http://www.vjoncheray.fr/phototheque-img/img_maxi/13210.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Tram-de-Nantes.jpg/800px-Tram-de-Nantes.jpg

[Grumpy]

often destination have strange names like this tram in Gent,Belgium

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/De_Snor/DSC03135.jpg

[SrbijaCG]

Doesn't Namur have a district called Belgrade? Too bad it doesn't have a tram system:(

http://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgr%C3%A5de_%28Nameur%29

[Grumpy]

Doesn't Namur have a district called Belgrade?

It sure does has a district called Belgrade , a tram is impossible in Namur due to the very difficult and very steep landscape that surrounds it.

The new trams for BLT & BVB in Basel (CH):

http://www.bvb.ch/tango_bvb_blt.jpg

[Wizzard]

That bridge reminds me Nový most in Bratislava, and also the whole city reminds me my city. The historical buildings, churches, towers and also the high-rises. Nice city.

[kay]

the traditional tram, very old, but still work perfectly
http://www.letralivre.com/fotos/gca/ele28cor_1159456706.jpg
the modern inside lisbon

http://www.transportesemmovimento.com/Fotografias/Carris/material%20circulante/electricos/Foto%20Numeros/serie%20500%20articulados/501.JPG

and the ultimate, inseide Almada, city next lisbon in other side of river
http://www.tramvia.org/galeria/070200-almada/Metro-Almada-Portugal1.jpg
http://www.tramvia.org/galeria/070200-almada/Metro-Almada-Portugal4.jpg

[Sandy]

Since the 10 last years, every city in France and probably elsewhere, want to have a tram.
Very big urban development and infrastructure construction is made to get it or get it back after having removed it for a long period due to the increase of automobile traffic like Marseille, Rennes, Bordeaux...

In St Etienne, France, our tram line has been running without interruption since the begining in 1881, it's the France oldest line :banana:

I remember the old tram which operated untill 1991, it looked like that:
(Photos from : http://leportailferroviaire.free.fr/urbain/stevie.htm)

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii283/sandyuspatriot/Divers/9be7a02f.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii283/sandyuspatriot/Divers/24621c27.jpg

here is since 1991:
(My photos)

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii283/sandyuspatriot/Divers/bca0e2c6.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii283/sandyuspatriot/Divers/778fb764.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii283/sandyuspatriot/Divers/3d64c022.jpg

:)