Tramways in Szczecin
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Szczecin Tramway is an 110 kilometres (68.4 mi) long, eleven-line, standard gauge
Standard gauge
The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...

 tram
Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...

way located in Szczecin
Szczecin
Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....

, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. There are two depots and twelve balloon loop
Balloon loop
A balloon loop or turning loop allows a rail vehicle or train to reverse direction without having to shunt or even stop. Balloon loops can be useful for passenger trains and unit freight trains, such as coal trains....

s (including five street ones). Day lines (night lines were abolished in 1996) are operated by the company Tramwaje Szczecińskie (Szczecin Tramways), on behalf of the ZDiTM (Zarząd Dróg i Transportu Miejskiego; Road and Public Transport Administration). There is also a tourist line is operated by the Szczecin's Association of the Enthusiasts of Public Transport.

New cars

Tram type In use since Number of cars
Konstal 105N
Konstal 105N
Konstal 105N is a family of electric trams designed by Konstal, a Polish company based in Chorzów, produced between 1973 and 2001.-Konstal 105N:105N is a single module, unidirectional engine car with four doors on the right side....

1975 37
Konstal 105Na
Konstal 105Na
The Konstal 105Na are a class of Polish trams manufactured from 1979 to 1992 in workshops Konstal Chorzow, Poland. The narrow-gauge version is designed as 805Na...

1981 62
Konstal 105Np
Konstal 105Na
The Konstal 105Na are a class of Polish trams manufactured from 1979 to 1992 in workshops Konstal Chorzow, Poland. The narrow-gauge version is designed as 805Na...

1994 2
Konstal 105Ng/S
Konstal 105Na
The Konstal 105Na are a class of Polish trams manufactured from 1979 to 1992 in workshops Konstal Chorzow, Poland. The narrow-gauge version is designed as 805Na...

2000 12
Konstal 105N2K/S
Konstal 105Na
The Konstal 105Na are a class of Polish trams manufactured from 1979 to 1992 in workshops Konstal Chorzow, Poland. The narrow-gauge version is designed as 805Na...

2001 20
105N/S/HF/09
Moderus Alfa
Alfa Moderus is a tram developed by retrofitting Konstal 105Na manufactured by Modertrans Poznan.- The history and description :Alpha Moderus drive motors are using alternating current 220 LTA-type DC power 41 kW, or AC SDTa 220 L4-1 to 50 kW.So far several versions of the tram were created.HF04...

2008 2 (incl. 105ND/S/HF/09)
Tatra KT4D
Tatra KT4
Tatra KT4 is the name of an articulated tramcar developed by the Czech firm ČKD Tatra. The first pre-production vehicles entered service in Potsdam in 1975, with the first production vehicles in 1977. A total of 1747 units were built, with initial deliveries to East Germany and later The USSR and...

2006 32
Tatra T6A2
Tatra T6A2
The Tatra T6A2 was a tramcar built by ČKD Tatra between 1985 and 1999. Having enjoyed widespread success with its previous models among mainly Soviet customers, the T6A2 was quite different in appearance to its predecessors, and was bought exclusively by cities in the former East...

D
2008 54
PESA 120Na
PESA 120Na
PESA 120Na SWING is a tram manufactured by a Polish company PESA in Bydgoszcz. It is a 100% low-floor, five-section vehicle based on the 120N model.The first company to order PESA 120Na SWING trams was Warsaw Tramway, which ordered 186 units...

2010/2011 6
All cars 227

Historical cars

Tram type Years of production Number of cars
Nordwaggon Bremen 1926 1
Düwag GT6 1958 1
Düwag B4 1957–1960 2
Konstal N 1954 1
Konstal 4N 1956–1962 2
Konstal 4ND 1958 1
Konstal 102Na 1971–73 3
All cars 8
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