Malmo tram

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Malmo tram
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Tram 100 on the remaining museum line
Basic information
Country Sweden
city Malmo
opening 1887 (horse)
1906 (electric)
Shutdown 1907 (horse)
1973 (electric)
Infrastructure
Route length 2 km
Gauge 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Stops 6th
Depots 1
business
Lines 1
statistics
Reference year 2015

The Malmö tram is a former tram network in the Swedish city ​​of Malmö , of which two kilometers remain as a museum line.

history

Large capacity railcars and sidecars after the conversion to right-hand traffic

The Malmö tram existed from 1887 to 1973. It was first opened as a horse-drawn tram and then electrified in 1906/1907. The last regular line was replaced by buses in 1973.

The Malmö tram runs on the standard gauge of 1435 millimeters. Electrification began in 1905. The tram operation was expanded further by 1937, and the first buses started running in 1929. In 1936 the first tram line was replaced by buses. With the transition to right-hand traffic on September 3, 1967, tram operation came to an end. Originally the tram was operated with two-axle motor and control cars. From 1949 the vehicles on the remaining lines 1, 3, 4 were replaced by newer four-axle open- plan cars .

There is still a museum line over a length of two kilometers, which begins and ends at Malmö Castle ( Malmöhus ). An expansion of the existing route to a ring line and a detour to Gustav-Adolfs-Torg is planned as Vision2007 .

Museum operation

In 2016 the museum line ran from May 28, 2016 to October 2, 2016 on Saturdays and Sundays. Start of operation was at 12:00. After that, every 24-minute drive was run until 16:24. The fare was 20 SEK or 3 EUR.

Lines

  • Line 1 (red) from 1907 to 1967
  • Line 2 (blue) from 1907 to 1940
  • Line 3 (white) from 1906 to 1964
  • Line 4 (yellow) from 1907 to 1973
  • Line 5 from 1915 to 1928
  • Line 6 from 1916 to 1919 and from 1924 to 1949
  • Line 7 from 1918 to 1949
  • Line 8 from 1928 to 1930

literature

  • Andersson, Per Gunnar; Forsberg, Anders: Malmö elektriska spårväg 100 år. Trafiknostalgiska Förlaget, Stockholm 2006

Web links

Commons : Trams in Malmö  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Expansion. MSS, accessed December 22, 2015 .