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The Zurich Tram Museum (German: Tram-Museum Zürich; TMZ) is a transport museum in the Swiss city of Zurich, specialising in the history of the Zurich tram system. The main museum site is located at the former tram depot, Tramdepot Burgwies. The museum also maintains a workshop at the much smaller former tram depot of Wartau. [1] [2] [3] The ...
The trams operated from a new depot in Mill Lane, a site that was to remain Reading Transport's main depot until it was demolished to make way for The Oracle shopping mall in 1998. [ 2 ] The electric tram services were originally operated by 30 four-wheeled double decked cars supplied by Dick, Kerr & Co .
The first Zurich trolleybus line was Bezirksgebäude to Bucheggplatz, [2] and is now part of line 32. Between its opening in 1946 and 1956, line C, latterly known as line 34, was isolated from the rest of the system. During that period, vehicle replacement on that line was carried out using a so-called Bügelwagen ("current collector") on tram ...
A transport museum is a museum that holds collections of transport items, which are often limited to land transport (road and rail)—including old cars, motorcycles, trucks, trains, trams/streetcars, buses, trolleybuses and coaches—but can also include air transport or waterborne transport items, along with educational displays and other old transport objects. [1]
Glattalbahn (Phase 2) near Glattbrugg, with Cobra tram in VBZ colours Cobra tram in VBG colours A typical Stadtbahn stop at Örlikerhaus A stretch of ballasted Stadtbahn track The Glattalbahn , originally known as the Stadtbahn Glattal , was a project that was ultimately successful in introducing a modern rapid-transit system to the Glattal ...
Date (From) Date (To) Route length Number of passengers Notes Strassenbahn Altdorf–Flüelen: Altdorf: Electric 25 Aug 1906 26 Mar 1951 [1] Trams in Basel Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe: Basel: Electric 6 May 1892 72.9 km [2] 60.39 million (2019) [2] [3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) Some tracks are shared with Baselland Transport; Trams in ...
Passengers were required to change at Leonhardsplatz for the separate city tramway system until 1931, when the ZOS was taken over by the Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich, who operated the city's trams. [4] [5] Today, the Zurich tram lines 3, 4, 6, 7, 10 and 15, and VBZ trolleybus lines 31 and 46 provide public transportation. The Polybahn also ...
The station is an interchange point between the Zurich S-Bahn and the Stadtbahn Glattal light rail system. It is served by Zürich tram route 12, operating on behalf of the Stadtbahn Glattal, and by S-Bahn lines S8, S14 and S19. [2] [4] On weekends, there is also a nighttime S-Bahn services (SN8) offered by ZVV. [5]