News & Discussion: Trams

[muzzamo]

this is going to cause a shitstorm of Adelaideism i can see it already...

[AtD]

OLD NEWS! We knew about this.

http://www.sensational-adelaide.com/for ... 956#p42956

[Cruise]

Yes, Adelaide needs more 20 year olds

[Norman]

How about some good old GT4s, anyone?

[Düsseldorfer]

lol @ GT4's and GT6's they are still in Service in a lot of European cities

however i prefer the Stadtbahnwagen B type, these trams have more modern features than our trains

[bm7500]

Gawd! Some of those Trams are Fugly LOL

[Norman]

DT8 FTW

[Shuz]

I'm very suprised those Z, A & B Class Melbourne trams were rolled out in the 1980's. I actually thought they were a 1960's model, but then again, everything in the 80's was some crazed variant of the past. I'd love to have them on board here, would make me feel right at home in Melbourne... ahem Adelaide.

[Will409]

I'm very suprised those Z, A & B Class Melbourne trams were rolled out in the 1980's. I actually thought they were a 1960's model, but then again, everything in the 80's was some crazed variant of the past. I'd love to have them on board here, would make me feel right at home in Melbourne... ahem Adelaide.

The Z3 class have their origins in the mid 1970s since they were a variant of the Z1 and Z2 classes introduced in 1975 and 1977 respectively. Until last year, they still had 1970s flip over destination boards. These two trams, while mechanically solid and are well liked by tram crews are somewhat outdated. They don't even have airconditioning and there are no plans to retrofit them either! The B class continued to be built with no design revisions right up until 1994!

[Omicron]

Yes, Adelaide needs more 20 year olds

How about some good old GT4s, anyone?

Those are immeasurably brilliant. More of them, I say!

[rubberman]

I am on holidays in Prague at the moment. Ë™:))

I reckon twenty Tatra T3 would do the trick nicely. Except that most european trams run on the right side and are single directional needing terminal loops.

That really really limits the market. Maybe not impossible, but cuts out lots of possibilities.

[jk1237]

haha, I thought the trams in Prague were the ugliest of them all. And there were hardly any new ones ie post 1985. Thats what dazzled me about Prague and Vienna, the trams could only go in 1 direction, and every tram had a seperate 'dead' trailer car attached, and also they were fairly narrow inside. Extensive systems though

I was there 5 years ago, so Prague may have finally got some new trams. Have u seen any?

[Will409]

However I prefer the Stadtbahnwagen B type, these trams have more modern features than our trains

I have to agree, these do look reasonably good considering their age. Boost the aircon by 4000% and they would fit in alright. Any idea's on the overall width though?

[jk1237]

but those aren't your normal low floor trams. They look like the hybrid tram-trains. The tram to the right looks like a normal street tram

[jk1237]

ok, im gonna waste some time on flickr, and get some examples of trams around the place

Speak of the devil - beautiful Prague, Czech Republic

brand new one


a typical older, Soviet one





Vienna, Austria

new one


old one




Amsterdam

these new ones look like the same ones as Melb