Playing card: Karlsruhe tram line 2 on Siemensallee (2002)

Terminus: Siemensallee.
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Publisher: Treffpunkt Schienennahverkehr Karlsruhe TSNV.
Date: 2002.
City: Karlsruhe (Germany).

Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (KVV)
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Karlsruhe tram line 2: Wolfartsweier - Knielingen Nord
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With advertising of 'Moninger Bier'.

4a Articulated tram I.

Six-axle EP, series 142-146.

With the acquisition of these six-axle trams, Karlsruhe saw its first articulated trams.

Year of manufacture: 1959
Length/Number of axles: 20.44 m / 6
Weight: 22.8 t
Engine power: 240 kW
Seats/Standing capacity: 41 / 147
Maximum speed: 60 km/h

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