Tram approaching 20250224--086
Sofia trams 3007 and 3008 arrive at the ul. Dobrotich (ул. Добротич) stop on bul. "Nikola Mushanov" (бул. "Никола Мушанов"), working a route 11 service from kv. Knyazhevo (кв. Княжево) to zh. k. Vrabnitsa 1 (ж. к. Връбница 1, the temporary northern terminus of route 11 during a line closure from 22nd February to 5th June 2025).
We were changing trams here, about to do route 22A (this was its southern terminus, trams turning via the depot between here and the next stop), and had alighted from the previous route 11 service - which had arrived just right behind the previous 22A... 1,009mm gauge route 22A was replacing part of the standard gauge route 22 - note the very rusty outer rail of the dual gauge track along this stretch, used by route 22.
When I took this I was slightly disappointed to have people walking in front of the tram, but after looking at the image on a computer screen I have decided they add to rather than detract from the scene. I attempted to do a similar shot with the tram not far behind (which we boarded), but there were also people in front of the tram, and were much closer to me - and I didn't even press the shutter.
Trams 3007 and 3008 are ČKD Tatra T6A2B vehicles, new in 1990 and numbered 2007 and 2008; they were renumbered when transferred from Krasna poliana depot to Banishora depot in July 2014. They carry a very similar livery to the older trams in Budapest (Hungary), the difference being on the Budapest examples there is no (off-)white below the yellow; this is, apparently, a variation of a legacy livery (of all yellow with maroon stripes). There are, however, other batches of trams which do not wear the current Sofia blue, yellow and white livery, these being those acquired from Basel (dark green) and Prague (red and off-white).
Fifty-seven Tatra T6A2 trams were built for Sofia in two batches, forty classified T6A2B (B for Bulgaria) in 1990 and then seventeen classified T6A2SF in 1999 (although the last, 2057, was used briefly in Plovdiv). The first batch (2001 to 2040) were renumbered (into the 30xx series) after being transferred between depots in 2014, but the second batch (2041 to 2057) retain their original 20xx series numbers.
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Tram approaching 20250224--086
Sofia trams 3007 and 3008 arrive at the ul. Dobrotich (ул. Добротич) stop on bul. "Nikola Mushanov" (бул. "Никола Мушанов"), working a route 11 service from kv. Knyazhevo (кв. Княжево) to zh. k. Vrabnitsa 1 (ж. к. Връбница 1, the temporary northern terminus of route 11 during a line closure from 22nd February to 5th June 2025).
We were changing trams here, about to do route 22A (this was its southern terminus, trams turning via the depot between here and the next stop), and had alighted from the previous route 11 service - which had arrived just right behind the previous 22A... 1,009mm gauge route 22A was replacing part of the standard gauge route 22 - note the very rusty outer rail of the dual gauge track along this stretch, used by route 22.
When I took this I was slightly disappointed to have people walking in front of the tram, but after looking at the image on a computer screen I have decided they add to rather than detract from the scene. I attempted to do a similar shot with the tram not far behind (which we boarded), but there were also people in front of the tram, and were much closer to me - and I didn't even press the shutter.
Trams 3007 and 3008 are ČKD Tatra T6A2B vehicles, new in 1990 and numbered 2007 and 2008; they were renumbered when transferred from Krasna poliana depot to Banishora depot in July 2014. They carry a very similar livery to the older trams in Budapest (Hungary), the difference being on the Budapest examples there is no (off-)white below the yellow; this is, apparently, a variation of a legacy livery (of all yellow with maroon stripes). There are, however, other batches of trams which do not wear the current Sofia blue, yellow and white livery, these being those acquired from Basel (dark green) and Prague (red and off-white).
Fifty-seven Tatra T6A2 trams were built for Sofia in two batches, forty classified T6A2B (B for Bulgaria) in 1990 and then seventeen classified T6A2SF in 1999 (although the last, 2057, was used briefly in Plovdiv). The first batch (2001 to 2040) were renumbered (into the 30xx series) after being transferred between depots in 2014, but the second batch (2041 to 2057) retain their original 20xx series numbers.
Visit Brian Carter's Non-Transport Pics to see my photos of landscapes, buildings, bridges, sunsets, rainbows and more.