Schaffnerlos
Vienna operates the largest tram system in Western Europe. For many years, the backbone of the Vienna tram fleet was this classic DüWag design, built under licence in Austria. I was long puzzled by the ‘Schaffnerlos’ sticker, having only a weak knowledge of the German language. I eventually learned that it meant ‘No Conductor’: these trams were now one person-operated, having dispensed with the old system of passengers paying a conductor seated at a desk as they boarded.
March 1967
Rollei 35 camera
Kodachrome 50 film.
Schaffnerlos
Vienna operates the largest tram system in Western Europe. For many years, the backbone of the Vienna tram fleet was this classic DüWag design, built under licence in Austria. I was long puzzled by the ‘Schaffnerlos’ sticker, having only a weak knowledge of the German language. I eventually learned that it meant ‘No Conductor’: these trams were now one person-operated, having dispensed with the old system of passengers paying a conductor seated at a desk as they boarded.
March 1967
Rollei 35 camera
Kodachrome 50 film.