URBAN TRANSPORT NEWS
3/2000
Brno: In February 2000 were delivered low
floor trolleybuses Škoda 21Tr No. 3011-3015. Allbatch scheduled for 1999 is
completed. In year 2000 is expected purchase of 15 trolleybuses (Škoda 21Tr,
3016-3030) and 40 buses (no trams)
Current bus
line 140 will be converted for trolleybus service this year, and shall be
opened on 1st September 2000. At this moment, 14Tr or 21Tr trolleybuses will be
here in service; later is planned service with articulated low-floor cars 22Tr.
Trolleybus
Škoda 14Tr No.3173 was sold to Technical Museum of Brno. Thus, it becomes first
14Tr museum trolleybus in Czech Republic
Since 15Th
April is in service again line of historic tram. This year it has No.100 and
route goes from Namesti Svobody to depot in Pisarky. There is hourly service
every Saturday and Sunday. As a curiosity, there will be one night ride at
around 22.00
This year
is planned purchase of two 15TrM cars. On other hand, quite ambitious plan that
expected purchase of about 40 cars in next three years will not be materialized
in full size.
Articulated
car 15TrM No.75 was modernized.
Also, there
were not renumbered trolleybus lines to numbers 11-15. There is still
used „numbering“ with letters (A, B, B1, C a E). On new route is line C in
service, other lines were not modified. As an extension of fleet, two low-floor
cars 50 and 51 were purchased. For next years, extension in Kosov and new route
to Bedrichov are planned
All four
Astra cars are in regular service. On 17th March were all cars on line 1, which
means that for first time in Czech Republic was one tramway line served
exclusively with low-floor cars. Another two Astras No.205 and 206 are ordered
for 2000.
Prototype
of bi-modal trolleybus Škoda 21TrACI is under No.479 on trials on line No.16.
City plans to purchase six cars of this type, there is already planned
construction of new line to suburb Vinice (northern direction) and there is a
wish of a city not to erect any poles and wires on central square Namesti
Republiky.
For this
year it is planned to extend trolleybus line No.11 from Hrbitov towards new
hypermarket Tesco (approx. 400 meters)
Metro
station Malostranská was re-opened after refurbishment on 29th March.
Finally
will start refurbishment of T3 tramcars. As a prototype, 6554 car was rebuilt
using electric equipment Alsthom Progress (no other changes were made).
Additional refurbishment will be done in Pars DMN Sumperk, and already is
selected 20 cars from 65xx batch. These cars will receive Alsthom Progress
electric equipment, new driver’s cabin, new passenger seats, and new passenger
information system. Also, vehicles will be renumbered to new row 8211. Car 6554
will be transferred to Sumperk too, for interior refurbishment only, car will
then receive No.8210.
At these
days, car 8200 was finally returned back to transport company and will be on
service with passengers in depot Strasnice. It is former “prototype” of
refurbishment. Car was rebuilt in 1994 from 7007 car and has TV-8 thyristor
electric equipment, new drivers cabin, and other details. This car will be on
service on line 19, this line can be now named “cabinet of curiosities” as all
unsuccessful attempts of modernization (8200, 8205 and 8600) are in service
there.
In central
workshop, there is already second prototype of T3 cars No.6102 (built 1961)
that should be restored back to original state, and will be used by museum as
“commercial” vehicle, i.e. can be hired or used on service on historic line 91.
Completion is planned to August, and then second prototype of T-1 car No.5002
(built 1952) shall be restored for similar purpose.
First prototype
of Škoda 21Tr (was on trials in Chomutov and Ceske Budejovice) will be
destroyed during crash-test this year.
Prototype
of bi-modal trolleybus (not duobus, as there is only limited power of diesel
engine) was approved for passenger service and is under No.479 (although not
yet property of transport company) in Plzeň (see above). This type is already
officially prepared for possible orders with delivery term on end of this year.
There might be interesting, that this car is not completely build in Skoda
Ostrov (only body), but is then completed in “mothership” Skoda Plzeň company.
Manufacturing
of Skoda 14TrM in Russian Vologda goes successfully. At this time, one 14TrM is
on trials on Moscow (surprisingly it is only second trolleybus that is in service
here, first one was Skoda Sanos No.007 (property of James Bond?) on end of
80’s). Moscow planned purchase of large quantities of new car, so possible
delivery looks like very good business.
City |
Amount
of 14TrM cars |
Amount
of 15TrM cars |
Amount
of 21Tr cars |
Brno |
- |
- |
15
(3001-3015) |
České
Budějovice |
- |
- |
2 (45-46) |
Jihlava |
- |
- |
4 (48-51) |
Hradec
Králové |
- |
- |
4 (39-42) |
Pardubice |
8
(377-384) |
- |
- |
Ostrava |
- |
- |
2
(3305,3306) |
Zlín |
- |
5
(352-356) |
- |
Bratislava/
Slovakia |
- |
5
(6622-6626) |
- |
Banská
Bystrica/ Slovakia |
- |
1 (1529) |
- |
Košice/
Slovakia |
7
(2001-2007) |
5
(1016-1020) |
- |
Prešov/
Slovakia |
2
(119-120) |
2
(117-118) |
- |
Žilina/Slovakia |
- |
3
(235-237) |
- |
Riga/Latvia |
1 |
- |
- |
Almaty/Kazachstan |
2 |
- |
- |
Vilnius/Lithuania |
23 |
- |
- |
San
Francisco/USA |
- |
1 (only
chassis, type 15TrSF) |
- |
Total
|
43 |
22 |
27 |
Additionally,
there was one incomplete 22Tr built for company purposes as noted above. In
that table are not included those cars that are build in joint-venture companies
outside of Skoda Ostrov. (Vologda - Russia and ETI Baltimore – USA)