The Gorzów Wielkopolski tram system is a
tram system in
Gorzów Wielkopolski
Gorzów Wielkopolski (; german: Landsberg an der Warthe) often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów, is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the second largest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 120,087 inhabitants (Decemb ...
, Poland, that has been in operation since 1899. The system is operated by (MZK Gorzów Wielkopolski). Currently, Gorzów Wielkopolski has three tram lines.
Lines
(The crossed out lines and sections are out of service until summer 2022.)
History
The network opened in 1899 in the city then known as .
Damages in
World War II resulted in the replacement of trams with
trolleybuses from 1941 until 1947, with tram services being reinstated afterwards.
From October 1, 2017, all services were suspended in order to modernize the network. Trial runs began on April 16, 2020.
Regular services on line 1 resumed from July 2, 2020.
Since October 26, 2020, the trams terminate at the Dowgielewiczowej stop to allow the extension of the line to Gen. Emila Fieldorfa-Nila to be built.
The branch to the railway station, unused since 2012, is going to be refurbished as well.
Future plans
A new line, from Rondo Ofiar Katynia (near the Park Kopernika stop), through al. Ruchu Młodzieży Niezależnej, Piłsudskiego, Górczyńska, Okulickiego, Szarych Szeregów to Walczaka (near the Silwana stop) is planned.
Rolling stock
The fleet consists of 14
Pesa Twist
Pesa Twist is a articulated low floor tram produced in Bydgoszcz by Pesa SA. The Twist is currently operated in Częstochowa, Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy, Moscow, Kyiv, Kraków and Wrocław. Tallinn has made an order of the trams.
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low-floor trams,
8 ex-
Kassel
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6ZGTW/6EGTW trams, built by
Duewag
Düwag or Duewag, formerly Waggonfabrik Uerdingen, was a German manufacturer of rail vehicles. It was sold in 1999 to Siemens with the brand later retired.
History
Duewag was founded in March 1898 as Waggonfabrik Uerdingen in Uerdingen an ...
, Credé, and
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* Alice Wegmann (born 1995), Brazilian actress
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, and two
Konstal 105Na The Konstal 105Na are a class of Polish trams manufactured from 1979 to 1992 in workshops Konstal Chorzow, Poland. The Metre-gauge railway, meter-gauge version is designated as 805Na. As of 2016 they are still the most common trams in Poland.
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References
External links
Sustainable Urban Transport System in Gorzów Wielkopolski
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Transport in Gorzów Wielkopolski
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