Our look at trams from outside of the British Isles moves on this week as we head to the Hungarian capital city of Budapest. A city that has an extensive public transport network including a fleet of around 600 trams of various different types.<\/p>\n
All public transport in Budapest is run by Budapesti Kozlekedesi Vallalat (BKV) which is a company owned by the municipality of Budapest and was founded in 1968. The tram system has contracted a bit in recent years with both conversions to metro and trolleybus operation but still remains an extensive network and there has been investment in new trams fairly recently.<\/p>\n
Featured in this image is a tram which has been in Budapest since the early 2000s but was not new when arriving in Hungary as it was purchased from Hannover in Germany. It is a Duewag type TW6000 tram built between 1975 and 1982 and there are now over 100 of this type in Budapest with 93 acquired from 2001 and a further 20 in 2012. As they are wider than the standard trams in the city these are constrained to certain routes.<\/p>\n
This is no. 1556<\/strong> which is at terminus of route 51 at Mester Utca on 17th May 2012. A Siemens Combino can just be seen in the background on either route 4 or 6 on Ferenc Korut.<\/p>\n Photograph by Bob Hodges<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our look at trams from outside of the British Isles moves on this week as we head to the Hungarian capital city of Budapest. A city that has an extensive public transport network including a fleet of around 600 trams … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1556-bh-550x366.jpg\" "\\"1556-bh\\"")
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