Trams in Łódź: Difference between revisions

By the 1890s, Łódź had over 300,000 inhabitants. Łódź was a large industrial city characterized by [[textile industry]], and a lack of wide streets, ring roads and a reliable public transport system. All passenger and freight traffic was concentrated in the city center, especially on Piotrkowska Street. Up to one thousand [[taxicab|cab]]s and carriages drove around the city centre. Both the city government and local industrialists wanted to provide a solution to this situation, and therefore took up the construction of a tram past the city centre. In 1883, the first attempt to build a [[horse tram]] was made, which in the end was abandoned.{{sfn|Rynkowska|1970|p=113}} The project was tendered, but ultimately, never completed.{{sfn|Rynkowska|1970|p=143}}

 

 

Trams in Łódź made their first appearance on 23 December 1898.{{sfn|Rynkowska|1970|p=146}} [[Łódź]] was the first city to have [[electric tram]]s in what was then [[Congress Poland]]. Initially, there were two fairly short tram lines that both served the city centre area; by February 1899 their number was doubled. In 1901, the first suburban tram lines started – the [[Pabianice]] and [[Zgierz]] lines.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Wojciech Źródlak|author2=Jerzy Wojtowicz|author3=Marcin Kaczyński|title=Łódzka podmiejska komunikacja tramwajowa 1901–2001|location=Łódź|year=2001|language=Polish}}</ref> Both of these initiatives were the result of the activities of private companies in which German manufacturers dominated.

 

 

== Lines ==

 

Lines are divided into colours to refer to the location on the main communication artery.

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|align="center" style="color: white; background-color: orange"|'''2'''

|Dw. Łódź Dąbrowa ↔ Kochanówka

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|Chojny Kurczaki ↔ Powstańców 1863r.

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|align="center" style="color: white; background-color: purple"|'''5'''

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|align="center" style="color: white; background-color: orange"|'''6'''

|46/47

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|Cm. Zarzew ↔ Teofilów

|33/34

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|align="center" style="color: white; background-color: lightgreen"|'''9'''

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|align="center" style="color: white; background-color: blue"|'''10A'''

|32

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|Chocianowice Ikea ↔ Helenówek

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|align="center" style="color: white; background-color: lightgreen"|'''12'''

|Stoki ↔ Retkinia

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|align="center" style="color: yellow; background-color: red"|<del>'''13'''</del>

|<del>Dąbrowa Niższa ↔ Teofilów</del>

|<del>33</del>

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|align="center" style="color: white; background-color: blue"|'''14'''

|Dw. Łódź Dąbrowa ↔ Karolew (Retkinia)

|20/25

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|align="center" style="color: white; background-color: pink"|'''15'''

|Chojny Kurczaki ↔ Stoki

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|align="center" style="color: white; background-color: pink"|'''16'''

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|align="center" style="color: white; background-color: lightgreen"|'''18'''

|Retkinia ↔ Telefoniczna Zajezdnia

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== Types of vehicles ==

[[File:Tramwaj Łódź 20190717 101850.ogv|thumb|A tram on Nowomiejska street]]

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|align="left"| [[Moderus Gamma]] LF 06 AC

|[[File:Handicap reverse blue background.svg|14px]]

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|align="left"| [[Pesa 120Na|PESA 122NaL]]

|10

|[[File:Handicap reverse blue background.svg|14px]]

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|align="left"| [[Bombardier Flexity Outlook|Bombardier Cityrunner]]

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|align="left"| {{interlanguage link|Düwag M8CN|de|Stadtbahnwagen Typ M/N}}

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|[[File:Düwag M8CN Łódź (1).jpg|120px]]

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|align="left"| Konstal 805N{{citation needed span|date=August 2022|-ML Woltan}}

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|[[File:Konstal 805N-ML Woltan.jpg|120px]]

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|align="left"| Konstal 805Na {{citation needed span|date=August 2022|ND}}

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|[[File:Konstal 805Na (Bulwa) .jpg|120px]]

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|[[File:Konstal 805Na, -1736, MPK Łódź sp. o.o (16020351681).jpg|120px]]

|[[File:NF6D Łódź 2021 (2).jpg|120px]]

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==References==

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