| Spectacularly surrounded by mountains, the Austrian city of Innsbruck has metre gauge city tram routes and a 13.3km long country tramway - the Stubaitalbahn - running from Bergisel to Fulpmes, in the Stubai Valley. Photos taken in Summer 1996 and on 29th & 30th June 2001. Trams in Innsbruck are second hand - from Bielefeld in Germany. |
Tram 77 is Amras bound on route 3 Buy Print |
Working route 1, tram 37 scurries away from the camera along a city street Buy Print |
Tram 42 awaits departure from the Bergisel terminus of route 1, while a sister car waits behind Buy Print |
Tram 53 approaches the Bergisel termnus of route 1 and passes the junction for the Stubaitalbahn Buy Print |
Where the Stubaitalbahn leaves the city tram network, tram 87 passes the Bergisel tram depot en-route to Fulpmes Buy Print |
At the Bergisel terminus, tram 52 waits to depart for the Hungerbergbahn with a route 1 working Buy Print |
Tram 39 scurries along the rural reserved track of route 6 near Igls Buy Print |
Tram 39 basks in the summer sunshine at the terminus of route 6 in Igls village - the tram will shortly depart for its run across the city to the Hungerbergbahn Talstation Buy Print |
Another view of tram 39 at the delightful village terminus of Igls - this line has been threatened with closure for some time Buy Print |
The rural nature of route 6 near Igls is demonstrated in this view of a tram heading towards the city on reserved track alongside a small road Buy Print |
On the Stubaitalbahn, tram 87 is Fulpmes bound Buy Print |
Tram 87 hurries across a road crossing in the mountains above Innsbruck en-route to Fulpmes. Photo by David Dixon. Buy Print |
The delightful terminus at Fulpmes is occupied by Stubaitalbahn tram 87 Buy Print |
Stubaitalbahn tram 87 stands at Fulpmes - the end of the country tramway from Innsbruck Buy Print |
Peeping out from behind the station building at Fulpmes is Stubaitalbahn tram 87. Photo by David Dixon. Buy Print |
Tram 85 climbs the hill away from Innsbruck en-route to Fulpmes on the Stubaitalbahn. Summer 1996. Buy Print |
In the woods above the city, tram 87 hurries along the Stubaitalbahn Buy Print |
Tram 81 is heading for Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof while inbound from Fulpmes on the Stubaitalbahn Buy Print |
Waiting to start another run along the Stubaitalbahn to Fulpmes is tram 81 standing outside Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof Buy Print |
Dwarfed by the mountains is tram 39 working route 1 through the city in June 2001 Buy Print |
Igls bound on route 6 is tram 51 Buy Print |
A Hungerbergbahn bound tram trundles through the city on route 1 Buy Print |
Approaching the Bergisel terminus of route 1 Buy Print |
Tram 81 stands at Fulpmes prior to working back to Innsbruck Buy Print |
Tram 81 awaits departure time at Fulpmes with a STB working to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof Buy Print |
Trundling along the STB is tram 81 bound for Innsbruck Buy Print |
A Fulpmes bound tram emerges from the alpine woods en-route from Innsbruck Buy Print |
Tram 82 creeps across a spectacular girder viaduct in the woods on the Stubaitalbahn Buy Print |
Tram 81 arrives at the intermediate station of Kreit on the Stubaitalbahn Buy Print |
Fulpmes bound, tram 81 hurries away from the Kreit stop Buy Print |
Tram 86 bound for Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof arrives at Kreit Buy Print |
Working city route 3 towards Amras is tram 35 in advertising livery for Volkswagen Buy Print |
Tram 86 on a Mutters bound short-working on the Stubaitalbahn waits to depart from outside Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof Buy Print |
Tram 86 sets off through the city streets at the start of its run to Mutters on the Stubaitalbahn Buy Print |
Stubaitalbahn tram 81 is Fulpmes bound in Innsbruck city centre on 21st December 2006. Photo by David Dixon. Buy Print |
Amras bound tram sets off from the Hauptbahnhof on 22nd December 2006. Photo by David Dixon. Buy Print |
A very rare colour photo of the Innsbruck to Sollbad Hall tramcar with 4 trailers - of 3 different types! - seen outside the depot in July 1960. Photo by David Dixon. Buy Print |
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