Polish Trams 3- Lodz & Wroclaw

This time the Independent Transport Videos cameras visit the cities of Lodz and Wroclaw. We begin in Lodz, which is Poland's third largest city located some 120 km southwest of the capital Warsaw. Electric trams began operating here in 1898 and the system is now one of Poland's largest tram networks covering some 147 km with 21, routes both urban and interurban on metre gauge track. The operator is MPK bidi and the trams feature a deep red and yellow livery, with some trams carrying overall advert liveries. Some second-hand trams still carry the liveries of their former operators. The second part of this DVD programme is filmed in Poland's fourth largest city, Wroclaw, some 350 km to the south west of Warsaw. Electric trams began operating here in 1893 and today the system comprises some 87 km of standard gauge track, covering 21 routes. The trams are operated by MPK Wroclaw in a mostly blue and white livery. The latest trams wear an overall deep blue metallic livery.