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To Switzerland via Linz and Innsbruck
My first tram&train journey this year took place quite early - in the middle of January. With two friends I ventured for the Lausanne cog-wheel metro, which was to be closed just around that time. Of course we stopped here and there on our way :)
I last visited this city at the Danube some one and a half year ago ...
Since then the extension of tram route 2 to the somewhat futuristic "Solar City" was inaugurated...
... just like more and more low-floor tramcars (Bombardier "Flexity Outlook", a.k.a. "Cityrunner")...
... and of course the underground tram...
... with one semi-underground stop...
... at Herz-Jesu-Kirche ...
... and two real subway stations.
The one at (under) the main railway station (Hauptbahnhof) has reversing loops for both directions, but right now only route 3 uses one of them.
During our last visit these tracks on the surface were still in use.
The northern ramp of the tunnel.
A nice (triple-articulated) tramcar of the older type...
... and a new one.
The interior of a Cityrunner (please let me use this older name for the type!). Its running comfort felt a rougher and louder than the version used in Graz.
Overlapped (gauntlet) tracks along route 2...
... seen from one direction...
... and the other.
A reversing loop in the inner city, seemingly only used for storing reserve cars.
The interior of a 10-axle tramcar, similar to the one on the previous picture. These vehicles may look old, but they seem to have a chopper control system, at least judging by the noises it has made while accelerating/braking.
This smaller, eight-axle "brother" of the type has already been withdrawn. Too bad, these were nice, too!
Innsbruck is a favorite of mine since I first visited this Alpine town three years ago .
We only stayed for the night...
... and continued our journey as the first rays of sunshine reached the mountain peaks. By the way, this was the first time I saw the square in front of the main railway station with trams - during earlier visits it was still under construction.
And off we went, heading for...
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