Austrian Trams - Vienna 2016

In September 2016 the Independent Transport Videos cameras returned to the beautiful city of Vienna to update the tram scene, visit the superb tram museum and take a look and ride on the Wiener Lokalbahnen light rail in more detail. The present tram system is run by the city owned Wiener Linien and is the largest European tramway system outside the former Soviet Union. Vienna has a mixture of old and new suburbs most of which are served by the tramway. The system is mostly street running although there are a number of sections that run underground and connect with the U- Bahn. There is also the specially branded Ring Tram that starts from Schwedenplatz. The current fleet is made up of E2 class articulated cars along with just a handful of E1 cars still in service. The second part of our programme is on the Wiener Lokalbahnen light rail system. Locations include Kaiser Franz Joseph-Ring and Conrad von Hötzendorf-Platz. Our filming concludes at the Wien Wolfganggasse depot of Wiener Lokalbahnen.