Tatra T3 on the Manesuv Most (bridge), tram route 18. Photo by David Pirmann, May 2003.

Overview

Any trip to Prague to tram-fan wouldn't be complete without visiting some of the several bridges across the Vltava that carry trams (there's eight of them!). The photos below show two bridges. The Manesuv Most gives some great photo opportunities with the Prague Castle and St. Vitus' Cathedral up on the hill in the distance. There's also some other interesting photo opportunities on the system, like a section of gantlet trackage that runs through a building, and several locations with interesting buildings-- like churches-- providing scenic backdrops. There's even a couple of grand unions with trams going every which way, including one (at Palmovka) which is a grand union with no automobile traffic.

Prague has an extensive tram museum rivaling those in Vienna and the National Tramway Museum in England. I believe they have seven motor cars available for charters. They also run a regular service (route 91) on weekends which loops from the museum Depot at Stresovice down past Prague Castle on the west side of the Vltava River to the Old Town on the east side, and back. We ran three days of charters using motor cars 240, 351, 412, 2110, 3062. I'll try to fill in some more information about these as I have a chance. Each motor car had one or two trailers as well. There were additional cars in the "active" carbarn that we didn't use, and the museum collection has a large number of other cars on static display in an adjoining barn. The fan trips took us out many of the lines with photo stops along the way, as well as into several of the depots along the lines.

Maps

Prague Tram Route Map

Prague Metro Route Map

Tram Roster

Type	Numbers
T3	67xx-69xx
T3SU	7001-7020
T3SUCS	7021-7292
T3M	8005-8106
T3RP	8211-8245, 8300-8554
T3R.PV	8151-8181
T3R.PLF	8251-8258
Tatra T6A5 (1995-1997)	8600-8750
Tatra KT8D5 (1986-1990) (double ended)	9001-9048 (pre-modernization); 9051-9098 (post-modernization, same cars but with 50 added to the number)
Tatra RT6N1 (retired)	9101-9104
Škoda 14 T	9111-9170
Škoda 15 T	9201-9450
Tramcars of type T3, rebuilt to sightseeing trams	5500, 5601, 5602
Tatra T3 converted to works use: training, snow plows, etc.; approx. 25 vehicles	55xx

Tram Photo Gallery

Five Random Images
Image 25042 (164k, 1044x753) Photo by: David Pirmann Location: Vozovna Stresovice	Image 25089 (176k, 1044x701) Photo by: David Pirmann Location: Karlovo Namesti	Image 25098 (162k, 1044x701) Photo by: David Pirmann Location: Manesuv Most	Image 44077 (137k, 1024x768) Photo by: Jos Straathof Location: Vystaviste	Image 136773 (334k, 700x1044) Photo by: John Schmidt Location: Vitezna

More Images: 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-386

Metro Photo Gallery

Five Random Images
Image 38035 (117k, 800x600) Photo by: Filip Matuska Location: Chodov (formerly Budovatelů)	Image 38059 (121k, 800x600) Photo by: Filip Matuska Location: Muzeum	Image 113022 (196k, 920x620) Photo by: Matthias Frey Location: Anděl (formerly Moskevská)	Image 113183 (194k, 920x596) Photo by: Matthias Frey Location: Vltavská	Image 113205 (176k, 920x586) Photo by: Matthias Frey Location: Chodov (formerly Budovatelů)