Hungarian Trams & Trolleybuses - Budapest Part 2..
The
capital
of
Hungary
is
the
large
city
of
Budapest.
Situated
on
the
river
Danube,
the
west
bank
is
the
older
and
hilly
Buda,
the
east
bank
is
the
larger
and
newer
Pest.
There
are
many
superb
buildings,
especially
the
Hungarian
Parliament
building
that
looks
impressive
whether
it
is
day
or
night
time.
There
is
a
vast
tramway
network,
which
includes
normal
street
running
trams
and
former
light
rail
cars
from
Hannover,
as
well
as
a
trolleybus
system,
metro
and
a
cog-wheel
railway.
For
the
purpose
of
our
video
programme
we
have
divided
it
into
two
parts.
Part
one
features
mostly
the
trams
running
in
central
Budapest,
with
part
two
featuring
the
trolleybuses,
light
rail
and
the
trams
running
in
the
suburbs,
with
a
brief
visit
to
the
cog-wheel
railway.
We
also
see
the
buses
on
both
programmes
as
they
integrate
with
the
trams
and
trolleybuses.
Electric
trams
were
introduced
in
1887.
Today
in
2015
when
our
filming
took
place
there
were
33
lines
of
which
26
are
main
lines
with
7
supplemental
lines.
The
fleet
is
made
up
of
older
locally
built
Ganz
cars,
of
which
some
are
articulated.
Tatra
T5
cars,
Düwag
TW
6000
(Light
Rail)
and
Low
floor
Siemens
Combino
trams
which
are
currently
the
longest
trams
in
Europe.
They
are
operated
from
9
depots
situated
all
over
the
city.
The
operating
company
is
BKV
(Budapesti
Közlekedési
Vállalat)
who’s
logo
still
appears
on
the
vehicles,
but
in
2010
became
BKK
(Budapesti
Kózlekedési
Központ).
Around
a
third
of
the
buses
are
operated
by
private
companies,
but
are
all
in
BKK
colours.
The
trams
are
in
a
yellow
livery,
trolleybuses
in
red
and
the
buses
blue.
On this programme we now take a look at the
trolleybuses. Our filming starts at
Dózsa Győsgy út and we walk along the trolleybus routes toward the interchange
at Erzsébet királyné útja. Here we also
film the Light Rail trams. After more
trolleybus filming we board trolleybus 306, an Ikarus 435T on route 70 to Kozma
Ferenc utca where we observe the manoeuvres as the vehicles turn around for
their return journey. Returning to the
trams, we film at Puskás Ferenc Stadion M, and board a three car Tatra T5C5 set
to Közvágóhid to film more action and then travel on Ganz KCSV 7 tram, number
1359 to Fővám tér M. Over on the Buda
side of the Danube we film at Széll Kálmán tér M and then board Tatra T5C5,
4021+4037 for the scenic ride to Hűvösvölgy up in the hills! With brief visits
to the “Children’s Railway” and the Cog-wheel Railway we complete our filming
at Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, Belgrád rakpart and Vámhaz körut. We hope you have enjoyed your journey to
sample the delights of the fascinating city of Budapest.