Barcelona Blue Tram
YouTube name: Francesc2000.
Language: Spanish.
Date: August 10, 2010.
City: Barcelona (Spain).
The video shows
Tramvía Blau
Operation currently suspended
Barcelona tourist line 55: Plaça Kennedy - Plaça del Doctor Andreu
Operation currently suspended
Barcelona railcar 6, manufacturer Estrada, type 2-axle motor car.
Barcelona railcar 7, manufacturer Estrada, type 2-axle motor car.
Barcelona railcar 129, type Can Girona, manufactured 1906.
Description
Trams 6 and 7.
They are typical of the line. Built in 1904 by La Industrial Elèctrica, bidirectional, with power outlet via trolley and maximum speed of 13 km/h. It has 2 doors per side, one at each end of the vehicle, which are manually operated bars. The interior has several wooden benches, with a capacity for 32 people seated. These trams have always run along the Tibidabo avenue line. The trams have been reformed and modernized, with hydraulic brakes, optics and a touch screen that controls everything, as well as athermal glass and low-voltage interior lighting. These refurbished trams retain the original controls and engine. Externally they have been painted a lighter blue.
Tram number 129 (gardener).
It is used during the summer season. It comes from the old Barcelona tram network (closed in 1971) and was built in 1906 by the Can Girona workshops. It has no side windows. The interior has several wooden benches, with a capacity of 32 people seated. The planter was re-inaugurated in 1986 with the original red color, despite serving the Tramvia Blau.
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Number 6 and 7 trams.
They are the typical tramways for the line. They were built in 1904 by Industrial Elèctrica. They are bi-directional powered with a swing trolley with a maximum speed of 13km/hr. They have two doors on each side, at the ends of the vehicle, with manually opened metallic doors. Inside there are wooden benches with seating for 32 people. These tramways have always run this line in Avinguda Tibidabo. They were modernized and remodeled a few years ago to add hydraulic brakes, lights and a touch screen that runs everything as well as new insulated glass and interior low power lighting. They preserved the original interior controls and the engine. Outside they were painted a lighter blue.
Number 129 tramway ("jardinera" open carriage).
It's used during the summer months. It comes from the old tramway lines from Barcelona (closed in 1971) and was built in the year 1906 by the Can Girona factory. It doesn't have windows. The interior is furnished with wooden benches with a capacity for 32 seated people. The "jardinera" was reintroduced in 1986 with the red paint scheme original to it, although it serves the Tramvia Blau (blue tramway).
