Travels 2019 – Part VII
On 29. October 2019 by WebmasterRivne was the starting point for the final 2019 VDVA tour (Lviv was the main target for this trip and only a small number of VDVA members made it to Rivne). The last system in the world that runs Skoda 9Trs in numbers. They will probably not last forever, even there. We did of course
Travels 2019 – Part VI
On 29. October 2019 by WebmasterAnother day-trip by train from Kiev took us to Konotop. The first T3As from Riga have arrived there (with more to follow) and we thus opted for another KTM-5 charter. After a brief close down of the system in 2018 this tramway now seems save for the future. Quite a dull day weather-wise but then
Travels 2019 – Part V
On 29. October 2019 by WebmasterAnother visit to Ukraine. We started with a day-trip to Vinnytsia by train from Kiev. This time we had hoped to charter the historic T4SU but it was not available and we thus used on of the few KT4SUs that are still in service during the week. Next time we will try the T4SU again
Travels 2019 – Part IV
On 14. June 2019 by WebmasterVDVA trip to Budapest Budapest charters (June) Budapest trams and trolleybuses (June) Budapest metro depots M1 & M2 (June) – includes two Ganz trams that are being refurbished in the M2 depot Budapest tram depots (June) Budapest rack tramway depot (June) Budapest trolleybus depot (June) Budapest HEV suburban railway (June) – includes visits to Rackeve
Travels 2019 – Part III
On 18. May 2019 by WebmasterIn May I ran the www.vdva.de trip to Portugal. I had been to all these places before but wanted to attend the annual parade in Porto. Here are some pics from this trip. Porto Museum & Parade – May Porto tram charters and regular service – May Porto metro (including depot visit) – May Lisbon
Travels 2019 – Part I
On 18. April 2019 by WebmasterPlenty of systems to visit this year in at least 6 countries but we started the tram season early with a “local” visit. Heinschenwalde – January (three ex Bremerhaven trams waiting for the scrap man – ex Wehmingen museum) Lodz – a fond farewell to line 43 (and more) – March Aarhus – March (including
"Helmuts" in Lodz (Update 2019)
On 26. January 2019 by WebmasterLodz is one of my favorite travel destination these days. The “Helmut” cars (this is the local nickname for all ex West German cars that went to Poland) are of special interest to me. Unfortunately, the wounding-down of the Lodz interurban tram companies MKT and TP in 2012 resulted in the scrapping of a number of these
Travels 2018 – Part IV (VDVA Bucharest & Poland)
On 18. October 2018 by WebmasterA short repeat visit to Lodz. In October 2018 VDVA visited Bucharest. You will find photos of trams, trolleybuses and metros here. As usual, we visited quite a number of depots and had some charters (private hires). If you are interested in joining us on these VDVA tours in Europe, visit the www.vdva.de website (we
Travels 2018 – Part III (Moldova/Transnistria & Romania)
On 9. September 2018 by WebmasterWe continue our road trip from Odessa to Chisinau (via all Romanian tram and trolleybus systems except Bucharest). Here you will find photos of the trolleybus systems in Chisinau, Bender and Tiraspol in Moldova (the last two in Transnistria). We also show photos of Iasi – Piatra Neamt – Brasov – Medias – Cluj-Napoca –