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augsburg tram in zürich, farewell
18th june 2010. augsburg flexity 882 on loan to zürich for demonstration purposes. at the end of its last day in passenger service in zürich, the flexity reverses on the wye outside oerlikon depot and backs into the depot.

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freiburg tram
22nd may 2011. old trams in urachstrasse depot. the orange car is retired rail grinder 414.

freiburg tram
25th july 2009. museum trams at the depot open day. 56 and trailer 135.

freiburg duewag on stadtbahnbrücke
28th july 2008, a duewag high-floor tram leaving hauptbahnhof. these trams dating from 1981 are now the oldest to still see service in freiburg, and the only all high-floor cars.

freiburg tram
2nd february 2008. bertoldsbrunnen is the heart of freiburg's pedestrianised centre, but also the meeting point of all the city's tram lines. despite, this, trams and pedestrians get on in harmony.

freiburg tram
2nd february 2008. some experts may believe it is impossible, but trams and pedestrians mix peacefully at bertoldsbrunnen.

flexity in altstetten
13 january 2021, a pair of new flexity trams at the bahnhof altsteten nord terminus of route 4. these trams had recently been transferred from route 11 where they had been run in.

heavy snowfall stops trams
15 January 2021, Heavy snowfall brough chaos to the tram system. Here display at Bahnhofquai.

heavy snowfall stops trams
15 January 2021, Heavy snowfall brough chaos to the tram system. Here a Cobra had made it to Bahnhofquai, but was stopped there.

heavy snowfall stops trams
15 January 2021, Heavy snowfall brough chaos to the tram system. And not a tram moved, as can be seen by the snow accumulated on the overhead lines.

elefant trams on zürich's bahnhofstrasse
Period postcard of Bahnhofstrasse, with Hauptbahnhof in the background. Also visible is the junction on the right where the (no longer extant) line via Uraniastrasse branched off. Enlargement of the two Elefant-type trams (click on picture below for larger view). 19_08_09" TARGET="_blank"

elefant trams on zürich's bahnhofstrasse
Enlargement from period postcard of Bahnhofstrasse. At that time the 10 went to Rehalp. Full postcard view here (click on picture below for larger view): 19_08_09" TARGET="_blank"

zürich farbhof
9th june 2019. work in progress at farbhof. soon this tramway terminus will make way for the extension to schlieren. compare to the sad 1956 view of the same scene, in which the line to schlieren, which is now being put back, had recently been closed. note the severed tram tracks (but overhead apparently still intact). the turning loop was rebuilt the following year to its present configuration with two loop tracks. as from september of 2019, there will once again be through tracks but the loop will be gone. source: tram museum zürich / tmz revue

cobras at bahnhof oerlikon
13h december 2013, a pair of cobras meet at bahnhof oerlikon. this track layout will soon be rebuilt as double track, meaning eastbound trams no longer need to wind their way through nansenstrasse, but it will also mean that views of two trams facing in the same direction and standing side by side will soon be history in this location. the vbg unit on the right is in the revised vbg livery with more generous use of white on the front end, applied following a spate of accidents on the airport line.

tram zürich west opening
10th december 2011. schiffbau. crowds disembark from one of the trams that was providing tours of the new line on the inauguration day.

tram zürich west construction
16th may 2011. for motorists, pfingstweidstrasse is the classical entry into the city of zürich, and various details such as the migros skyscraper and bridges have gained iconic status. in future, this entry will also be shared by trams. see also this news item .

stadelhofen
6th april 2010, trams at stadelhofen.

gessnerallee
5th june 2009. cobra tram on route 10 in gessnerallee turning loop. vbz liveried trams still help out regularly on route 10, although the route should be worked by white vbg liveried ones,

tram zürich west construction
18th june 2009. pfingstweidstrasse. trams will run on the left side of this street.

opening of glattalbahn to airport
13th december 2008. opening of glattalbahn to airport . cobra tram approaching airport from balsberg. the line's proximity to the airport makes it easier to photograph trams from above. this shot was not taken from an airliner however, but from the car park. interestingly, the elevators in this car park don't let you go from one floor to another but only between the ground floor and the individual floors. fortunately there are also stairs.

paradeplatz
23rd october 2008. news being made while the trams pass at paradeplatz.

trams at milchbuck
21st October 2008, A Tram 2000 Sänfte at Milchbuck.

trams at irchel
21st October 2008, A pair of Tram 2000s at Irchel.

trams at milchbuck
21st October 2008, Trams at Milchbuck.

bambi watches trams on winterthurerstrasse
21st October 2008, 3062 is not the only white Cobra, and not the first either. This is 3027 , carrying a livery celebrating the 175th anniversary of Zürich University. Here it is on route 9 at Langmauerstr. The statue in the foreground is in memory of Felix Salten, creator of the original Bambi story, who died in Zürich in 1945.

oerlikon depot
14th october 2008, trams outside oerlikon depot.

escher-wyss-platz
20th august 2008, mirage + b4 tram sets basking in the evening sunlight outside hard depot. trams of this type have practically vanished from route 4. these two sets are spare.

snow broom in the summer
20th august 2008, one of vbz's snow brooms in the yard of hard depot. these trams were converted from kurbeli swiss standard trams.

hard depot
20th august 2008, a mirage in the yard outside hard depot overlooking the limmat river. the hardbrücke in the background is used by trams on the lower level and trolleybuses on the upper.

zürich 29th july 2008
29th july 2008, einsatztram 1675 approaching leutschenbach. mirages are a rare sight on this new section of line. the einsatztram is deployed flexibly over the entire network to fill in for late running trams. this tram is displaying the wrong destination, as to turn at mess/halenstadion as the blind implies, it has already travelled too far.

zürich 29th july 2008
29th july 2008, einsatztram 1675 meets a cobra at leutschenbach stop. mirages are a rare sight on this new section of line. the einsatztram is deployed flexibly over the entire network to fill in for late running trams.

tram 2000 at auzelg
1st july 2008. a tram 2000 set in the turning circle at auzelg. the additional tracks visible are for a second loop permitting trams coming from stettbach to turn.

wallisellen, glattalbahn
1st july 2008. route of the future phase three at wallisellen. to permit the trams to enter central wallisellen, a railway siding has been lifted to permit the alignment to be used by tram tracks.

euro 2008
17th july 2008. letzigrund. crowds on the street after the france - italy match (which italy won 2:0). see a video of the crowds and trams .

zürich 125th anniversary tram
13th october 2007. tram 2005 on bahnhofbrücke. to mark the 125th anniversary of trams in z�rich, this tram was transformed into a giant birthday card. the public were invited to sign transparencies that were subsequently applied to the tram.

zürich 125th anniversary tram
13th october 2007. tram 2005 at hauptbahnhof. to mark the 125th anniversary of trams in z�rich, this tram was transformed into a giant birthday card. the public were invited to sign transparencies that were subsequently applied to the tram.

tram subway glattbrugg
26th july 2007, view of the tram subway at glattbrugg under construction taken from a winterthur-bound train. the subway passes under this line and then runs parallel to the bülach railway visible on the left. it then emerges at glattbrugg station. the subway is being built for thze second phase of stadtbahn glattal and will be used by airport-bound trams.

zueri faescht
6th july 2007, diversions due to züri-fäscht led to trams appearuing at locations unusual for that route. here a route 11 cobra appears at bhf. enge.

zueri faescht
6th july 2007, diversions due to züri-fäscht led to trams appearuing at locations unusual for that route. here tram 2000's of routes 8 and 11 meet at bhf. enge.

zueri faescht
6th july 2007, diversions due to züri-fäscht led to trams appearuing at locations unusual for that route. here a route 8 mirage appears at bhf. enge.

mirage at hauptbahnhof
25th april 2007. mirage tram 1674 at hauptbahnhof. this is one of the einsatzwagen that are stationed in the gessnerallee loop and can fill in timetable gaps caused by late running of other trams at short notice. here it is filling in on route 11.

double deck tram in zurich?
do double deck trams run in zürich? no, only on this picture taken from a vbz advertising poster — drawing attention to the new sihlcity centre, where shopping etc is "almost as good london".

zw altstetten
2nd december 2006, various trams in the yard of zw altstetten (vbz's main workshops). in the centre is withdrawn karpfen 1416, which was later shipped to vinnitsa (ukraine).

zw altstetten
2nd december 2006, kurbeli 1408 in the yard at zw altstetten. this vehicle is subject to a preservation bid by aktion pro sächsitram . kurbeli was the middle-weight variant of the swiss standard tram and built in the 1940's and early 1950s. similar trams also ran in other swiss cities.

end of the line
2nd december 2006, end of the line — withdrawn trams and parts of scrapped trams in the yard of zw altstetten (vbz's main workshops). on the left is a mirage and on the right a kurbeli . the bogies in the foreground are from swiss standard tram trailers. those further away from mirages.

reflections
2nd december 2006, various trams in the yard of zw altstetten (vbz's main workshops). visible are a mirage , a kurbeli and a karpfen .

standard tram b4 trailer
2nd december 2006, trailer 792 in the yard of zw altstetten, surrounded by withdrawn karpfen trams. this trailer is one of a batch of 12 delivered in 1962. at the time this picture was taken all were still in use, hauled by mirages on route 4.

first snow on glattalbahn
25th january 2007, two rote 11 trams meet at leutschenbach stop. this is the first snow the system has seen since its opening in december. route 11 is still worked mainkly by tram 2000 coupled sets (left) but cobras are becoming more common.

trams and mountains
5th December 2006. The Glarus alps provide a backfrop for a tram approaching Bucheggplatz

aktion pro sächsitram zürich
05.06.06 a classic zürich scene comes back to life. thanks to the organisation, aktion pro sächsitram, heritage trams regularly come to life and return to normal service carrying normal passengers. this series of pictures were taken by omer livay, the brother of a friend, and used here with kind permission. here 1019 + 629 enter bahnhofstr. from usteristr.

glattalbahn construction
05.07.06 construction of auzelg terminus, view from stop looking towards aubruggstr. the pointwork for the turning circle is visible on the right. this will be a double loop, permitting trams from both directions to turn, each on a separate track.

glattalbahn construction
20.04.2006. future stop at auzelg, showing the concentric loops allowing trams coming from either direction to reverse. the line to the left is to ambassador and oerlikon (phase 1). the line to the right is to wallisellen and stettbach (phase 3).

(archive view)
zürich 2113 var picdescr="w&640x500x_l&jpg&0?http://www.datacomm.ch/shadowfax/tram/photo/zurich/950805_depoer_c.html?" zürich. works trams 1905 and 1935, both preserved by tram museum zürich. oerlikon depot on 5th august 1995. if picture failed to load, click here photo by a. moglestue . last updated 19.11.02. counter added 19.11.02.

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zürich var picdescr="w&700x500x_lx350x250x&jpg&0?http://www.datacomm.ch/shadowfax/tram/photo/zurich/1419central990208_c.html?" zürich. on the 8th february 1999 heavy snowfall hit zürich. road transport practically ceased to exist, and even the trams had to struggle. here 1419 + 774 on route 6 cross the bahnhofbrücke and enter the central tram stop. if picture failed to load, click here photo by a. moglestue . this pictured was published in tramways and urban transport (july 1999, p.267 ) last updated 25.10.01. counter added 25.10.00.

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zürich var picdescr="w&l&jpg&0?http://www.datacomm.ch/shadowfax/tram/photo/zurich/bhfstr990208_c.html?" zürich. on the 8th february 1999 heavy snowfall hit zürich. road transport practically ceased to exist, and even the trams had to struggle. here a view of the bahnhofstrasse during the evening peak, where snow added to the already problematic situation caused by building works. if picture failed to load, click here photo by a. moglestue . last updated 25.10.01. counter added 25.10.00.

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zürich var picdescr="w&l&jpg&0?http://www.datacomm.ch/shadowfax/tram/photo/zurich/milchbuck1_c.html?" zürich. 15th december 2001. zürich certainly has no shortage of complex junctions, yet no other is in such an almost woodland setting, and no other is so lavishly laid out as to allow trams to be photographed at different levels. the location is milchbuck, a busy tram, trolleybus and bus interchange adjoining irchel park. to the left a mirage set on route 7 emerges from the schwamendingen tram subway, while the tram 2000 set on the right is heading for the same subway. due to the central platforms in the tunnel, trams have to run on the left, and the lines are crossed over at this junction, explaining the need for the outbound line to rise over the inbound line before the former can enter the tunnel. the tram 2000 set in the background is waiting to leave the turning circle on a short working of route 9. the tracks used by routes 10 and 14 to oerlikon continue to it's left. the snow had fallen two days earlier and was to last well into the new year. if picture failed to load, click here photo by a. moglestue . last updated 15.01.02 counter added 15.01.02

(archive view)
zürich var picdescr="w&l&jpg&0?http://www.datacomm.ch/shadowfax/tram/photo/zurich/2086bhfstr9902082_c.html?" zürich. on the 8th february 1999 heavy snowfall hit zürich. road transport practically ceased to exist, and even the trams had to struggle. here 2086 + 2315 are at bahnhofstrasse amidst the turmoil of the track renewal works. these units carry a special livery advertising the opening of route 11's extension to messe the previous september. if picture failed to load, click here photo by a. moglestue . this was my first picture to be published in tramways and urban transport (june 1999, p.232 ) last updated 25.10.01. counter added 25.10.00.

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zürich var picdescr="w&l&jpg&0?http://www.datacomm.ch/shadowfax/tram/photo/zurich/1995jan02_c.html?" zürich. the p16s normally operate in sets of one motor unit and a trailer. they are actually capable of multiple unit operation, although this cannot be used in everyday sevice for lack of a connector provision. for trial purposes only, a set with two motor cars and a trailer once operated. but four p16s in one train? what is going on here? normally trams have no difficulty with the snow, but the particular moist snow on in january 1995 was just too much for the leading p16 on route 5, which had to pushed up gloriastr. towards kirche fluntern by the following p16 on route 6. if picture failed to load, click here photo by a. moglestue . last updated 05.04.02. counter added 05.04.02.

(archive view)
zürich var picdescr="w&l&jpg&0?http://www.datacomm.ch/shadowfax/tram/photo/zurich/2086bhfstr9902081_c.html?" zürich. on the 8th february 1999 heavy snowfall hit zürich. road transport practically ceased to exist, and even the trams had to struggle. here 2086 + 2315 have just unloaded passengers at bahnhofstrasse during the evening peak. the stop had been temporarily relocated to here from it's normal position due to track renewal work. these trams carry a special livery advertising the opening of route 11's extension to messe the previous september. if picture failed to load, click here photo by a. moglestue . last updated 25.10.01. counter added 25.10.00.

la isleta tram stop
21st october 2019. tram alicante, closed off entrance to the short tunnel behind finca adoc, and behind the fence the double track line that replaced it emerging from the serra grossa tunnel. compare to this 2011 view: here .

finca adoc trenet
21st october 2019. closed section of the former trenet line, here by the finca adoc complex. the line has recently been replaced by a double track tunnel through the serra grossa. there is a platform here which as far as i know was never used in commercial service. compare to this 2011 view .

alicante seafront
21st october 2019. closed section of the former trenet line along the seafront in alicante. the line that once went straight ahead directly on the seafront continued to la marina and was replaced in 2010. the line that curves off to the right and passes under the roadway was opened in 2007 when trams reached mercado and was closed in 2019 when the serra grossa tunnel made the seafront section superfluous. the sleepers still show where the lines once split.

alicante seafront
21st october 2019. closed section of the former trenet line along the seafront in alicante. the castle of santa barbara can be seen in the background. a 2009 view looking the other way when the line was still in use can be found here .

alicante seafront
21st october 2019. closed section of the former trenet line along the seafront in alicante. the line passed through the blue gateway and ran through the depot site. a 2009 view looking down from the santa barbara castle when the line was still in use can be found here . in that view the gate is open (and painted brown).

alicante seafront
21st october 2019. 2019 saw the return of trams to the sangueta - la marina . puerta del mar branch, last served regularly in 2013. the new service is branded l5 and runs from plaza la coruñna.

alicante trams as coupled pair
23rd August 2013, A coupled pair of trams at El Campello

alicante tram
alicante, spain, september 2011. closed section of trenet narrow gauge railway. the trams now runs on a new alignment on the other side of the road.

alicante tram
la marina depot, alicante, spain, september 2011. the good life for the tramspotter in spain.

alicante tram
3 june 2009. view from the santa barbara castle, alicante, of the fgv depot at la marina. during the period that alicante borrowed valencia trams the track curving to the right of the depot continued and formed a turning loop. the stub besides the white van is the other end of this loop. this depot is used for the maintenance of diesel trains, with trams being serviced at a dedicated modern facility at el campello. visible are a series 2500 two-car unit, two alsthom diesel locomotives, and aseries 2300 unit. series 2500 is a rebuild of series 2300.

barranco de aguas
2nd june 2008. between cala piteres and venta lanuza, the trams pass through their first section of really wild landscape.

barranco de aguas, old tram
2nd june 2008. at barranca de aguas this old tram can be seen on a pedestal. i believe it is an ex-alicante trailer, possibly built on the truck of an older animal-drawn trams in the 1920s. it used to advertise for a local restaurant, but has increasingly fallen into disrepair. to get an idea of what this tram once looked like, view this gallery of historic alicante trams .

barranco de aguas, old tram
2nd june 2008. at barranca de aguas this old tram can be seen on a pedestal. i believe it is an ex-alicante trailer, possibly built on the truck of an older animal-drawn trams in the 1920s. it used to advertise for a local restaurant, but has increasingly fallen into disrepair. here it meets one of the modern 4100 series units that form the backbone of alicante's modern tram fleet.

alicante
the trenet of old lives on in places, with trams winding their ways between houses (la isleta, november 2007).

amsterdam
4th december 2010, heavy snow in amsterdam. this is de clercqstraat. in the foreground the section of mixed gauge track is visible which was relaid as a monument to the nzh tramway, which once ran to zandvoort and other destinations and shared tracks with the city trams here.

amsterdam
4th december 2010, heavy snow in amsterdam. this is leidsestraat, a narrow shopping street on which trams run on gauntleted track.

blt meeting
22nd august 2008, three blt trams meet at steinenberg.

trams bahnhof basel sbb
22nd September 2007 One of the Bern trams on loan to Basel to cover for the Combino shortage at Bahnhof SBB.

trams bahnhof basel sbb
22nd September 2007 A route 1/14 set at Bahnhof Basel SBB The station building in the background is 100 years old this year. It has recenty undergone a major rebuild.

trams bahnhof basel sbb
22nd September 2007 Duewags on route 2 at Bahnhof Basel SBB

trams bahnhof basel sbb
22nd September 2007 A Combino at Bahnhof Basel SBB

trams bahnhof basel sbb
22nd September 2007 BLT Be4/6 109 as the rear unit of a route 10 at Bahnhof Basel SBB. From this angle, the similarity to the Duewag type is striking.

bern tram in basel
30th june 2007, 713 is one of the bern be8/8 trams on loan to basel to cover for the vehicle shortage during the combino refurbishment programme. seen here at steinenberg with a low-floor trailer.

basel trams
30th June 2007, Steinenberg

combino bern
22nd september 2007 combino trams at bern, weissenbühl terminus.

tram museum bern
22nd september 2007 yes, seeing the shed of the tram museum depot at weissenbühl, bern, has no overhead line, this is how they shunt the trams.

jena
24th april 2008, jena, jena ost terminus. note the old overhead masts. just visible in front of the tram is the turnout of the loop used at this terminus by motor trams to run around their trailers. as trailer operation has ceased, this track has been replaced by the platform in the foreground.

(archive view)
lyon trams at part dieu picdescr="w&l&jpg" lyon. lyon tram on t2 at part dieu stop on 03.09.01. if picture failed to load, click here photo by andrew moglestue last updated 03.10.01. counter added 03.10.01.

(archive view)
lyon trams at porte des alpes picdescr="w&l&jpg" lyon. lyon trams at porte des alpes terminus on 03.09.01. if picture failed to load, click here photo by andrew moglestue last updated 03.10.01. counter added 03.10.01.

naumburg
24th april 2008, various trams outside the depot in naumburg. closest to the camera is a lowa car, converted to a works tram. for more information on naumburg's amazing tram, check the pages of naumburger strassenbahn/ and ringbahn naumburg .

strasbourg tram
14.07.2006. the strasbourg tram system needs little introduction. the striking design of its trams and the rate of network expansion has placed it among europe's premier tram systems. now, the eurotram cars from the opening are being supplemented by new citadis cars (in this view, one of these is seen on a lush green reservation at illkirch lixenbuhl terminus). the growing variety in rolling stock and the complexity and size of the network are increasingly giving strasbourg the feel of a mature system.

stuttgart
29th september 2007, gt4 trams at nordbahnhof. these trams are carrying flags to mark the end of metre gauge operations in stuttgart.

stuttgart
29th september 2007, gt4 trams at hohensteinstrasse.

bucheggplatz 1.8.2018
1st august 2018. in the early hours of 1st august 2018, the fire brigade were called to attend to trolleybus 176 click here to view full series.

bucheggplatz 1.8.2018
1st august 2018. in the early hours of 1st august 2018, the fire brigade were called to attend to trolleybus 176. here sister vehicle 151 squuezes past. click here to view full series.

bucheggplatz 1.8.2018
1st august 2018. in the early hours of 1st august 2018, the fire brigade were called to attend to trolleybus 176 click here to view full series.

bucheggplatz 1.8.2018
1st august 2018. in the early hours of 1st august 2018, the fire brigade were called to attend to trolleybus 176. satisfied that the fire was put out, the trolleybus awaits the towing truck as sister vehicle 177 squeezes past on the last service of the day. click here to view full series.

bucheggplatz 1.8.2018
1st august 2018. in the early hours of 1st august 2018, the fire brigade were called to attend to trolleybus 176. later, a towing truck of road help adliswil arrived to rescue the misfortuned trolleybus. click here to view full series.

trolleybus zürich
6th july 2007, on special occasions, trams and buses are decorated with flags. on this occasion it was for züri-fäscht

beograd 2017
former basel trams in belgrade photo by n livay

san francisco
november 2011. different levels of activity in san francisco. the milano ventotos have found a new home. muni trams today run both on the city's streets and under them. the bay bridge that overlooks this scene once also carried a light railway on its lower deck.

vinnitsa
ex-zürich karpfen trams in vinnitsa, photo kindly provided by håkon kinck gaarder.

vinnitsa
withdrawn tatra trams in vinnitsa, photo kindly provided by håkon kinck gaarder.

vinnitsa
ex-zürich karpfen trams in vinnitsa, photo kindly provided by håkon kinck gaarder.

heritage trams in zürich
14th November 2008. A pair of heritage tram sets on Walchebrücke.

historic views: bahnhofplatz zürich
bahnhofplatz from an old coloured postcard (postmark 1918, but the view must be pre-1916 as trolley poles are still in use on the trams). the eth (polytechnic university) building can be seen on the hill in the background, still in the form as gottfried semper first designed it (without the dome). this view is from a selection of old postcards .

historic views: bahnhofplatz zürich
bahnhofplatz from an old coloured postcard (postmarked 1916). trams of many different types are visible, including a works tram ( enlarge ). this view is from a selection of old postcards .

historic views: leonhardsplatz (central) zürich
two trams meet at central, the one in the background is zos number 9. the zos company had its terminus here (in the stampfenbachstrasse). this picture is a detail from an old postcard (detail).

historic views: königsbau stuttgart
stuttgart's königsbau from an old postcard. trams no longer run on the surface here. the building survives and now houses a shopping centre and the stuttgart stock exchange. to enlarge the tram, click here . this view is from a selection of old postcards .

historic views: königstrasse stuttgart
stuttgart's königstrasse from an old postcard (postmarked 1936) with the tower of hauptbahnhof in the background. trams no longer run on the surface here. to enlarge the trams, click here . this view is from a selection of old postcards .

historic views: königstrasse stuttgart
old trams in front of königsstrasse, enlarged from old postcard .

zurich trams
11th September 2007, A pair of Sänfte units at Bahnhofplatz. The rear unit is on route 6.

zurich double-articulated trolleybus meets cobra tram
11th september 2007, zürich's latest tram and trolleybus generations meet at hegibachplatz. for further night impressions with trams at hegibachplatz taken on 11th september 2007 see this movie .

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