Swiss Trams & Trolleybuses - Zurich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland. Situated at the northern end of Lake Zurich it has an important commercial centre, some industry in the suburbs and a new commercial development not far from the centre called Zurich West. It is a very hilly city with most of the one metre gauge tramway system on street track which opened in 1892. The tram fleet is operated by ZVV, and the trams are based on the Swiss Standard cars with articulated versions derived from that type with low-floor sections added, as well as non-driving cars. They are known as the ‘Tram 2000’ class and were introduced in 1976 and continued to be built until 1992 New cars are known as the ‘Cobra’ class, manufactured by Bombardier and are 100% low floor. The fleet is immaculate and is painted in a blue and white scheme. We also see Cobra trams in the white and blue colours of the Glattalbahn which is owned by Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal (VBG), but is operated by the Zurich tram operator (ZVV).