Budapest Trams
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Budapest Trams
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Budapest has an extensive system of trams lines numbered between 1 and 69 with gaps due to line closings over the years.
The lines are standard gauge. Link
to the Budapest Public Transport English Site. Tatra T5C5K is a
modernized Tatra T5C5 cars with digital display blinds, new carpets and
new interiors with digital display boards inside as well. These cars were
originally built in what was then Czechoslovakia and are double-ended cars
riding on 2 4-wheel trucks, they have seating for 28 and a top speed of 65
km/h, 40 mph. They are powered by 4 electric motors having a combined
rating of 180 kW, 240 hp and draw 600 volts from the overhead. 4012 entered service in January 1980 and was modernized to T5C5K in October 2003. T5C5K 4012 was photographed at the Moszkva tér terminus of route 56 on Sunday morning of May 2, 2004. |
Michael Taylor
