It’s a new month and that means we move on to a new city for “Around the World in Trams”. That city is Budapest in Hungary for a series of photos taken during 2008.
The tram system in Budapest runs on standard gauge and currently has 35 routes of which route 6 (Szell Kalman ter to Moricz Zsigmond korter) runs for 24 hours a day. There are a total of 108 route miles and trams have been in operation since 1866 (horse trams), 1887 (steam) and 1887 (electric).
In this photo we see 1355 in what is the familiar yellow and white fleet livery of trams in the city. This tram was originally built in 1971 as a Ganz GCSM2 and was refurbished in 1998 which saw it change designation to a Ganz-Hunslet KCSV7 – one of 30 trams to be so treated. It remains in service today.
Photograph by Tony Stevenson, 2008