Postcard: Linz tram line 50 with low-floor articulated tram 501 at Schableder (2009)
Stop: Schableder.
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Photographer: Bill MacDonald.
Publisher: Macdonald Transit.
Date: September 3, 2009.
City: Linz (Austria).
The picture shows
Linz AG
Operational
Linz tram line 50: Pöstlingberg - Hauptplatz (ex Pöstlingbergbahn)
Operational
Linz low-floor articulated tram 501, manufacturer Bombardier, type Mountainrunner, width 2.30 m, length 19.16 m, weight 34.0 t, manufactured 2008-2009, with 33 seats and 53 standing places, signed 111 Jahre Pöstlingbergbahn, in the direction of Hauptplatz.
Description
MTC #219-Linz,Austria
Number 501 is a 2009 Bombardier-built Flexity Outlook 100% low-floor tram. Itis 19.16m long and 2.30m wide and weighs 34 tons when loaded. this 900mm-gauge tram has seating for 33 and standing room for 53. There are three units, #501-503. They operate exclusively on the Pöstlingbergbahn (Pöstlingberg Railway), which climbs a small mountain northwest of town and has one of the steepest grades of any non-rack rail line in Europa. 11,6%. Car 501 was photographed on September 3, 2009, inbound to town.
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