CTP Iași
The Compania de Transport Public (CTP) Iași (English language, English: ''Iași Public Transport Company'') is the major transit operator responsible for public transportation in Iași, Romania. Until September 2016, CTP was known as the ''Autonomous Public Transport Operator of Iași'' (Romanian language, Romanian: ''Regia Autonomă de Transport Public (RATP) Iași''). History Established on 19 March 1898, CTP Iași operates an extensive network using metre gauge trams (electric trams began operating in 1900) and buses. Trolleybuses were used on a number of routes starting in 1985, but all trolleybus routes (within a system length of , as of 2003) were converted to bus operation by 2006. The Iași city is partly built on hills, and the tram network reaches, on certain portions, large slopes. The steepest grade on the entire tram system is 8.8 percent, on the line between Târgu Cucu and the intersection with Tudor Vladimirescu Blvd. (Cinci Drumuri-Pădurii) towards the Tatăr ...
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GT4 (Stuttgart)
The GT4 (from German: Gelenktriebwagen 4-achsig, which translates as ''4-axle articulated tramcar'') is an articulated tram vehicle built by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen from 1959 until 1965. History 380 GT4 trams were produced of which 350 were delivered to the Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen, the public transport operator of Stuttgart. The remaining 30 vehicles were delivered to Freiburg (19), Neunkirchen (Saar) (8) and Reutlingen (3). The 350 Stuttgart-vehicles were uni-directional, had three double-doors, and were built to gauge. The remaining cars were bi-directional and built with gauge, with the exception of the Neunkirchen cars, which were built to standard gauge. They also had four powered axles whereas two powered axles was the standard variant. Tram services in Neunkirchen ended in 1978. With 86 trams in service, as of 2021, the largest operator of GT4 is CTP, the public transport company in Iași, Romania. Technical specifications The GT4 was developed because the lo ...
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