InTramCities with Ian Stewart
Vienna, Austria : Late 1970s and early 1980s
Above
: The ramp to the underground tramway on Wiedner Gurtel at what was
later to be turned into Wien Hauptbahnhof - view towards Quartier
Belvedere from Sudtiroler Platz
Above : Sudtiroler Platz
Above
: Quartier Belvedere, on Ardenalstrasse at Landstrasser Gurtel looking
northwards along Prinz-Eugen-Strasse to the Belvedere palace
Above : Ring
Above
: 4019 at Westbahnhof (Mariahilfergurtel). The tram is turning
out of Mariahilferstrasse, from where trams were removed and the street
traffic calmed following the opening of the underground railway below
in 1993.
Below : 1983
Above : Schottentor
Above : Schottentor
Above : Schottentor
Above : Parlament / Ring
Above : Ring
Above : Schwarzenbergplatz
Below : 1984
Above
: Tran 4487 passes the statues of the Caryatids at the southern
entrance of the Parliament building on Schmerlinerplatz facing the
Grete-Rehor-Park, with a tram on Dr-Karl-Renner-Ring in the background.
Tracks were later removed from here but remain on the other two faces
of Schmerlingplatz.
Above : Volkstheater
Above
: Photo taken from a window in the Hotel Bristol of Karntnerring /
Opernring at Kartnerstrasse with the Staatsoper opera house on the right
Above
: Karntner Strasse at Karntner Ring. Wiener Lokalbahn tram
leaving the loop terminus en route to Baden, 34 km (19 miles) south of
the city centre
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