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Revision as of 15:59, 5 October 2009
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| Overview | |
| Locale |  Zagreb, Croatia |
| Transit type | Tram |
| Number of lines | 15 daytime 4 nightime |
| Daily ridership | 560.000[1] |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | 1891 (horse tram) 1910 (electric tram) |
| Operator(s) | Zagrebački električni tramvaj |
| Technical | |
| System length | 142 km (88.2 mi)[2] |
| Track gauge | 1 |
The Zagreb tram system, run by the Zagrebački električni tramvaj (ZET), consists of 15 day and 4 night lines. Trams operate on 116 km[3] of 1000 millimeter gauge tracks. During the day every line runs on average every 5-10 minutes, but almost every station serves at least two routes. Nighttime lines have exact timetables averaging at about every 40 minutes. The first horsecar tram line was opened in 1891, and the first electric tram ran in 1910. Zagreb's tram system transported 204 million passengers in 2008.[4]
History
At the end of 19th century rapid urbanization took place in Zagreb. City fathers started discussing the idea of installing horsecar system in Zagreb. The construction of one gauge tram track began on the 11th of May 1891. Tram should have been put in service on the 15th of August 1891, on the opening day of the Jubilee Economic-Forestry Exhibition. Due to vehicle delivery delay, the tram was put in service on the 5th of September 1891. That day was officially taken as the beginning of organized public transit system in Zagreb. Gauge was 0.76 m and track length was approximately 8 km.
The first electric tram track was opened on the 18th of August 1910. The horse-drawn trams were kept until a tram electric network was finished and then they were moved to Velika Gorica where they said until the year 1937.
Current lines
Daytime lines
| 1 | Zapadni kolodvor - Ban Jelačić Square - Borongaj |
| 2 | Črnomerec - Jukićeva - Glavni kolodvor - Autobusni kolodvor - Savišće |
| 3 | Ljubljanica - Ulica grada Vukovara - Savišće (does not operate on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays) |
| 4 | Savski most - Glavni kolodvor - Draškovićeva - Dubec |
| 5 | Prečko - Ulica grada Vukovara - Autobusni kolodvor - Kvaternik Square - Maksimir |
| 6 | Črnomerec - Ban Jelačić Square - Glavni kolodvor - Autobusni kolodvor - Sopot |
| 7 | Savski most - Velesajam - Autobusni kolodvor - Dubrava |
| 8 | Mihaljevac - Draškovićeva - Autobusni kolodvor - Zapruđe |
| 9 | Ljubljanica - Glavni kolodvor - Borongaj |
| 11 | Črnomerec - Ban Jelačić Square - Dubec |
| 12 | Ljubljanica - Ban Jelačić Square - Dubrava |
| 13 | Žitnjak - Ulica grada Vukovara - Ban Jelačić Square - Glavni kolodvor - Trg žrtava fašizma - Kvaternik Square |
| 14 | Mihaljevac - Ban Jelačić Square - Savska ulica - Velesajam - Zapruđe |
| 15 | Mihaljevac - Dolje |
| 17 | Prečko - Ban Jelačić Square - Borongaj |
Lines 10 and 16 no-longer exist. Line 16 used to connect Črnomerec and Zapruđe, but it was discontinued. Line 10 used to connect Borongaj and Savski Most, but it too was scrapped in the mid-1980s.
Night-time lines
| 31 | Črnomerec - Ban Jelačić Square - Glavni kolodvor - Autobusni kolodvor - Velesajam - Savski most |
| 32 | Prečko - Ban Jelačić Square - Trg hrvatskih velikana - Borongaj |
| 33 | Dolje - Draškovićeva - Glavni kolodvor - Savska cesta - Ulica grada Vukovara - Savišće |
| 34 | Ljubljanica - Ban Jelačić Square - Glavni kolodvor - Draškovićeva - Dubec |
Night-time lines are often substituted by buses due to track maintenance and repairs.
Rolling stock
Rolling stock is very diverse. It currently includes around 240 motor units of 8 different tram types (status September 2005).On a normal work day there are over 190 units used in traffic.
The oldest rolling units are the two-axle Type 101 trams. Three prototype units were built by ZET workshops in early 1950s, and other 68 units until 1965 by Đuro Đaković factory, with 110 matching trailers. A few of them were replaced by GT6, but they were in regular use until the TMK 2200 series came. Since Summer 2007 only about 15 of type 101 are still operational, and serving only as a substitute for other vehicles. They are planned to be pulled out of service about Winter 2007/2008.
Similarly designed as 101, but technically significantly different is Type 201. ZET possessed total of 30 units with 32 trailers built in 1973 and 1974, also by ĐĐ. 18 vehicles of the type 201 are in use, since some of them were scrapped so that their bogies could be used used to make TMK 2100s.
Most of the stock today consists of TMK 2200,over 110 units currently.Also large part of the stock today consists of ČKD-Tatra vehicles, total of 95 units of T4YU with 85 matching B4YU trailers were bought from 1977 to 1983, and 51 units of articulated KT4YU around 1985.
ZET also has the only unit of articulated ĐĐ prototype tram produced in 1990.
From 1994 to 1998 ZET bought 35 used Düwag GT6 trams (5 of them are GT6 "type Mannheim") from Mannheim, Germany, and started to retire old type 101 trams. They were brought as a temporary solution, since the lack of funds prevented the buying of new vehicles. Many of them were replaced by TMK 2200 and scrapped, and the rest is planned to be replaced by the second series of TMK 2200.Currently they are disappearing.
In 1994 Končar built the prototype of articulated TMK 2100 tram, which was later produced from 1997 to 2003. Total of 16 units were built (including the prototype).
In 2003 ZET ordered 70 new 100% low-floor trams from the Crotram, consortium led by Končar. Last tram of the first series was delivered in May 2007, and in July 2007 a contract for 70 more was signed[5]. In May 2005 the prototype was delivered. It has air-conditioning, cameras outside (instead of rear view mirrors) and inside; its maximum speed is limited to 70 km/h. This type is designated as TMK 2200 (Tramvajska Motorna Kola) by Crotram, although the designation NT 2200 (Niskopodni Tramvaj) is used by ZET.
On the June 7, 2007, Zagreb organised a tram parade where all 70 TMK 2200 trams drove in a snake through the streets of Zagreb.
In 2007 Zagreb city holding bought 19 VW Polo and 4 VW Crafter cars for mobile servicing of rolling stock.
On December 27 2007 71st tram , the first from the second series was displayed. It has redesigned seat layout and wider passages.[6]
On January 26 2009 The 100th jubilant low floor tramcar put into operation.[7]
ZET also keeps two museum units of M-24 trams (built by ZET workshops), one with a "Košak" trailer (also built by ZET), and the other with "Pagoda" trailer, which was formerly 1910 motor car made by Ganz Budapest.
| Tram Car Type | Image | Note |
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| TMK 101 | .JPG)
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| TMK 201 | 
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| ČKD Tatra T4YU (Type 401) |
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| ČKD Tatra KT4YU (Type 301) |
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| Düwag GT-6 (type 901) | 
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| Düwag GT-6 Mannheimer (Type 941): variant |
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| TMK 2100 | 
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| TMK 2200 | 
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References
- ^ ZET - Tram service
- ^ ZET - Tram service
- ^ "Tram service". ZET. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ ZET - Tram service
- ^ Poslovni dnevnik - Danas ugovor za još 70 tramvaja u Zagrebu
- ^ "Predstavljen 71. niskopodni tramvaj". ZET (in Croatian). 2007-12-27. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ "The 100th jubilant low floor tramcar put into operation". Koncar. 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2009-01-26.