- Norrköping tramway
The Norrköping tramway is a system of
tram s forming a principal part of thepublic transport services inNorrköping , a city inSweden ’s easternÖstergötland province. It has been in service since 1904, and is, along with the larger Göteborg tramway, one of only two city-centre tramways in Sweden that survived the switch to right-hand traffic in 1967, which led to the replacement of most Swedish tramways with buses to reduce the cost of replacing their now-unusable fleets.Routes
The current system has two routes. Line 2 runs from Fridvalla in the north to Ljura in the south, following Östra Promenaden through the city centre. Line 3 runs between Vidablick in the north and Klockaretorpet in the west, passing through the city centre on Drottninggatan. Both lines interchange with the national railway network at the Resecentrum (Travelcentre) by
Norrköping Central Station .Works are underway to extend the system to Ringdansen.
Operations
The Norrköping tramway is a standard-gauge electrically powered system, operated by Veolia Transport on behalf of the regional transport authority
ÖstgötaTrafiken . The infrastructure and the tramcars are, however, property ofNorrköping Municipality . It has track loops at the end of the lines and at various other points to allow turnbacks, as most of the trams are unidirectional. The tram depot is located off Östra Promenaden, between the Djäkneparksskolan and Centralbadet stops.Norrköping’s fleet includes ten Düwag M97 trams, and four ADtranz low-floor trams (designated M98), built originally for Bremen and Munich. The most recent addition, introduced in 2007, is the Bombardier Flexity Classic (designated M06), a modern low-floor, bidirectional tram used in a number of cities around the world. Ten M67K trams (originally built in 1967 and since modernised) were taken out of regular use in 2008, but remain available as a reserve fleet.
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Transport in Sweden External links
* [http://www.norrkoping.se/trafik/kollektivtrafik/sparvag/ Norrköping commune's official tramway web site] (in Swedish)
* [http://www.ostgotatrafiken.se/ ÖstgötaTrafiken]
* [http://sporvognsrejser.dk/sverige/norrkoeping/ Tram Travels/Sporvognsrejser: ÖstgötaTrafiken]
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