Trackless railway from Pirano to Portorose
| Trackless railway from Pirano to Portorose | |
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.jpg) Two wagons of the trackless railway in the Piazza Tartini in Pirano
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| Route length: | 5.2 km |
| Power system : | 500 volts = |
The Trackless train Piran-Portorose was a trolley bus at the time operated home in the German language still Trackless train called at the time to Austria belonging to the Slovene Riviera . The 5.2 kilometer long overland route along the Adriatic coast connected the port city of Pirano (today: Piran ) with the seaside resort of Portorose (today: Portorož ), today a district of Piran , from October 24, 1909 to July 19, 1912 . There was a connection to the local railway Trieste – Parenzo . The Gleislose Bahn Pirano – Portorose was one of the first trolleybus companies in Austria and, along with the trolleybus in Ljubljana (1952 to 1971), one of only two systems in what is now Slovenia .
history
The 500 volt direct current line was built according to the so-called Schiemann system , developed by the Saxon company Society for Trackless Railways Max Schiemann & Co. from Wurzen . Five cars were available, they were manufactured by Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft .
As a special feature, the vehicles used between Pirano and Portorose only had one instead of the usual two pantograph poles . This was possible because the two wires of the overhead line were arranged at a distance of only 15 centimeters from each other. This meant that they were much closer to each other than is usual with other trolleybus systems. This so-called single - rod contact system was only used in a few companies.
The trackless railway Pirano – Portorose was replaced the day after it was closed by an electric tram with a track width of 760 millimeters, which operated until 1953.