Polish Trams 5- Torun, Eiblag & Olsztyn

This DVD, the fifth in our series of Polish Trams takes us to three of the smaller systems, those in the cities of Torun, Elblqg and Olsztyn. The IndependentTransport Videos cameras begin in first of the cities, Torun. Situated some 200 km northwest from the capital, Warsaw, Torun began operating electric trams in 1899. Today the system runs on 22.5 km on metre gauge track and is operated by MZK Torun. The second city on this DVD programme is Elblqg. Situated in northern Poland just 60 km southeast of Gdansk, Elblqg began operating electric trams in 1895. Today Tramwaje Elblaskie ZKM EIbIg operates five routes on metre gauge track. The final visit on this programme is to Olsztyn, which is situated 180 km north of Warsaw and is not far from the border with Russia. The first generation tram system opened here in 1907 but was closed in 1965. The second-generation system was opened in 2015 and is operated by MPK Olsztyn on standard gauge track. The fleet is comprises of fifteen Solaris Tramino S111 trams.