Swiss Trams 2 - Bern & Geneva
Bern
is the capital of Switzerland. It is an
ancient city with arcades and bridges that span the gorge of the river
Aare. There are large residential and
industrial areas surrounding the city centre which are served by both trams and
trolleybuses. Electric trams started in
1901 and run on metre gauge track. There
is also a light rail line that runs from Casinoplatz to Worb
operated by RBS but shares the lines of the Bernmobil, the
Bern tramway who have operated the system and the buses and trolleybuses since
2000. The current tram fleet consists of
12 Vevey/ABB/Duewag
articulated, 7 Be 4/6 Siemens Combino
Advanced, 8 Be6/8 Siemens Combino
Advanced and
21 Siemens Combino Classic
cars. Our filming starts at Hirschen Graben in
the city centre and then we make our way onto Kornhausplatz and Kornhausbrücke for
some superb action shots of the trams passing over the bridge. Moving on to Casinoplatz we
encounter the Tram 2000 cars
of RBS in their smart blue and red livery.
Our cameras then take a ride on board tram 733 back to Kornhausplatz on
route 7/9. More action is captured at Bubenbergplatz and
around the city centre before we board tram 734 on route 3 to Weissebühl. We then return to the city on tram 740 also
along route 3. Our cameras then sample a
ride on 660 one of the new Siemens Combino
Classics,
on the service to Wankdorf Bahnhof
along route 8/9. These smart new trams
give an excellent ride, and the route gives you a good view of the outer
reaches of the city. We return to the
city centre by trolleybus, on board fleet number 18 a Hess
Swisstrolley BGT-N2 where we
complete our filming at the Bahnhofplatz.
Our
filming now moves to the south of Switzerland and the city of Geneva. This is a French speaking city situated at
the west end of Lac Léman. It is a big commercial and industrial city
with a large fleet of trams, trolleybuses and buses. The current tram fleet consists of older low
floor Duewag cars
dating from 1984, with 39 newer 100% low floor Bombardier Flexity
Outlook Cityrunner trams and 32 Rail Tango Stadlertrams
which are still entering service.
Filming takes place in the busy city streets from Rue de la Confédération to
Rue de Rive, as well as Cours de
Rive, Pont de L’lle and
Place de Cornavin. The current trolleybus fleet consists of 80
vehicles, ranging from the oldest Saurer/Hess
GT560
articulated to the newest Hess BGGT-N2C bi-articulated
vehicles which you will see on this programme.
There is plenty of action for you to enjoy, so sit back and take you
seats for this Swiss tour of two cities.
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| Filmed
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2013 |
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| Duration
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65 minutes (approx). |
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| Price
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Within UK - £16 |
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Rest of world -
£18 |
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| Format
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DVD -R |
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Picture Aspect 16:9 |
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| Order
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D180 |
