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The development of tramway networks in

Bucharest and Budapest

Gvinda Adrian


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In Bucharest and Budapest tram had different beginnings and

different stages of evolution.

The first tram services in the world were started by the OystermouthRailway in Wales, using specially designed carriages on an existingtramline built for horse-drawn freight dandies. Fare-paying passengers werecarried on a line between Oystermouth, umbles and !wansea "oc#s from18!.

The tram was wor#ed by steam from 18!!, and the first electric tramappeared in 188.


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The first $Romanian !ociety of Trams% was born in &'(& and the firsttrams pulled by horses appear on the streets of )ucharest.

The route was between )ariera ogo*oaiei and +alea cre ti. n that period in )ucharest were only around '// streets and a few of

them paved. The first railway line was opened in &'01 between )ucharest and

2iurgiu.

"orse drawn tram#Bucharest


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n &''( the first electric tramway between 3yugati Railway !tation and 4ir5ly!treet was opened, electricity was supplied to the cars from bellow to avoid cableshanging across the street.

The second line appeared on 6uly 7/, &''8, which spanned from 9gyetem t:r to

Fiumei t:r via 45lvin t:r. ; third line was opened on !eptember &/, &''8 and ran from


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n &'8= the first electric line for trams is launched on theroute Obor-+otroceni, this crossed the city from the east tothe west.

The distance was 0.= #m and it remained the only line till&8/1 and in the same year >&'8=? there was =1 #m of trac#sfor horse-drawn trams.

;s a comparison the first public lighting networ# in thecountry was put into service in &''7.

$lectric tram#Bucharest


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)y &8// an entire networ# was created and electric streetcars became partof everyday life in )udapest and seven tramways companies compete forthe favour of the passengers.

The total length of all the trac#s in the networ# had reached &(1.1#ilometers by the end of the First World War and the number of passengerscarried annually exceeded @// million.

;fter WW things loo#ed pretty bad, only a fragment of the publictransport system was usable.

To improve the deteriorating conditions the )udapest +apital +ityTransport +o. was formed - #nown by its


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The law for creating the $+ommunal !ociety for )uilding and OperatingTrams in )ucharest% is adopted >the new society will be called !.T.).? in&8/8.

n &8&/ the liberal government was replaced by the conservative one, the

later ceased the beginning of wor# of the company because of the legality. !ubseDuent !.T.). sue the city hall, won the trial and the leaders of the

government were dismiss. n &8&& there were 7& #m tram trac#s in )ucharest and it increased at @=.@

#m in &870.

Trams pulled by horses are abandoned in &878.


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;fter the second World War, things loo#ed even more catastrophicE massive losson human life and other resources, all bridges over the river "anube >whichseperates the city in two halvesE )uda and est? were destroyed. "uring the siegeof )udapest '= per cent of the overhead line networ# was destroyed.

Iiberty? )ridge only later, from 7/th ;ugust &8=0.

n &81/ a new company was formed in full state ownership and controlE F>for B+apital Tramway +ompanyB?. old vehicles were renovated, and new types

were introducedE for example the BJ class$KBJH illamosB >hungarian for BnewtramB?, which is a #ind of a symbol for )udapest trams.

;nother important event was the revolution of&810. "uring the street fights more than twothirds of the overhead lines were destroyed,&/8 tramcars were damaged or becamecompletely useless.


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The bombardment of )ucharest from &8== had a catastrophic impact overtramway lines, most of them had been destroyed. n general the infrastructureand transport lines were very important targets, for instance the 3orth

Railway !tation had been bombed for 0 times. ;fter the war one of the most important goals was the reconstruction oftransportation lines and it was done under a $healthy socialist influence%.

n &81/ there were 7( tram routes.


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n 1;68 all u2lic transortation were united into one coman(: .Kcial wa( to go0 n 1;68there were 8? tram lines in .udaest )1@ o% which night services+0

The decline o% trams meant the relacement o% tram lines with singletrac and old vehicles with auto2uses 2ut also to the construction o%underground #A and #?! which relace the tram lines that used to

run along them0 n 1;7A tram lines on BrCse2et .ridge and /aoCi ut were a2olished!until 1;8A A@D o% the .udaest tram networ was erased0 #ost linesin the cit( center! jest and some in the southern artso% Pest were demolished0

Fhile man( lines were closed down! a signifcant one was rising:

tram ?? was shut down %or the renovation o% Grd .ridge in 1;812ut when the 2ridge was reoened! a new line was 2orn on theeastern end o% the outer ring road! line 10t has 2een underconstruction ever since with segments oened in 1;8H! 1;87! 1;;@!1;;?! 1;;9 and A@@@


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n )ucharest under socialist times the development of tram lines increasedand new types of trams were introduced. The reason is that compared with)udapest in )ucharest the first metro line was opened in &8(8.

n &80@ there were &7=.7 #m of tram trac#s, and in &8(/ there were &@0

#m. n the same year there were around '// trams and @1,/// employees in the

company which managed the whole transport system in )ucharest. ;fter the construction of the underground the tram trac#s decreased in the

central areas but increased in the peripheral areas.


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The tram networ# serves as the bac#bone of the transit system,carrying almost &// million more passengers annually thanthe )udapest etro.

;t present, @@ tram lines >70 main, ( supplemental? operate in)udapest on wor#ing days, transporting approximately @8/ million

passengers a year on the &10 #m long networ#.

The yellow tram is a distinctive feature of )udapestLs urban landscape.

isitors to )udapest will undoubtedly have had a ride on the Bn:gyes-hatosB >the Lfour and sixL?.


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Tram networ# in )ucharest measures &@& #m, there are 7@ lines and itcarry around &&/ passengers a year, less than the metro system,around &(/ million passengers.

)eside 7@ tram lines, there are currently three converted light

rail lines >so called metrou uorwhich translates as light metro?.Iight rail use upgraded trams and also run on separate designatedcorridors for faster travel times.

The light rail service is expected to be expanded by upgradingexisting tram lines to light rail status.


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Thank you for your attention.

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