Bielsko-Biała tram

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disused tram
Bielsko-Biała tram
image
Bielsko-Biała main train station with tram around 1905
Basic information
Country Poland
city Bielsko-Biała
opening 1895
Shutdown 1971
Infrastructure
Gauge 1000 mm ( meter gauge )
business
Lines 2
Line length 5 km
Top speed 16 km / h
statistics
Reference year 1965
Passengers 19 million
Network plan
Tram network in 1970

The Bielsko-Biała tram was an electric tram in the Polish city ​​of Bielsko-Biała that operated from 1895 to 1971.

history

As early as 1884, only three years after the opening of the first electric tram in Berlin , considerations were made to introduce a tram operation, but there was no power station to supply the trams with energy. The power plant was built in 1893 and the tram started operating in 1895.

The first tram line was 2.5 km long and led from the station to Cygański Las 'Ziegeunerwald' , the second, also about 2.5 km long, was only opened in 1951 and led from the station to Aleksandrowice . Both tram lines only ran in Bielsko, Biała never received a tram.

Line 2 was closed in November 1970 after less than 20 years of operation. Line 1 followed on April 30, 1971.

literature

  • Jerzy Polak: Bielskie trams. The 10th anniversary of the Bielsko Tram Association (1993-2003) . Bielsko-Biała 2004.

Web links

Commons : Bielsko-Biała tram  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mirosław Łukaszuk: Bielsko-Biała. Żal po tramwajach. Przestały kursować 45 lat temu. In: Wyborcza.pl. April 29, 2016, Retrieved December 30, 2019 (Polish).