1st December 2014
I often use public transport which is well-organized here in Upper Silesia where I permanently live.
Yesterday I was travelling by number 38. The largest tram in Europe.
It is the shortest tram line in Europe 1350 metres only and the journey takes 6 minutes, it was built in 1913 and it still works.
Tram line 38 in Bytom, Upper SIlesia, Poland is a really unbelievable operation. It's a short line running up a hill in a single-track manner without any passing loop, and it's operated with one 2-axle streetcar of type N.
Silesian Interurbans, one of the largest tram (streetcar) systems in the world, has been in existence since 1894. The system is spread over more than 50 kilometres (east-west axis) and covers thirteen towns in the Upper Silesia metropolitan area(Southern Poland) and their suburbs (Katowice, the capital town of the region, Będzin, Bytom, Chorzów, Czeladź, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Gliwice, Mysłowice, Ruda Śląska, Siemianowice Śląskie, Sosnowiec, Świętochłowice, and Zabrze), which is densely industrialised (coal, coke, steel and other industries; though decreasing since the 1990s) and inhabited by more than 2 million people.
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ReplyDeleteVery good. I noticed the video was taken by Hamster of Budapest, a real fan of Europe's trams.
ReplyDeleteyes you are right,
DeleteNever use public transport because I don't have to I suppose.
ReplyDeleteThe tram ride looks intriguing and it's been a long time since I have been on a tram.
I know country is completelydifferent and it is very huge
Deleteglad they have a good transit system in place!
ReplyDeleteyeswe have very good here
DeleteI'm always intrigued by public transportation, since we seldom use it here in Texas. Wide open spaces are not conducive to street cars.
ReplyDeleteBut Europe is very crowded and busy,, a lot of conties not too much space
DeleteLooks like a nice ride!
ReplyDeleteit is an amazing experience
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