Postcard: Copenhagen tram line 15 with railcar 568 on Øster Farimagsgade (1955)
Location: Øster Farimagsgade.
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Publisher: Sporvejshistorisk Selskab (SHS).
Date: April 1955.
City: Copenhagen (Denmark).
The picture shows
Copenhagen Tramway (KS)
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Copenhagen tram line 15: Hans Knudsens Plads - Valby (Skellet)
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Copenhagen railcar 568, manufacturer Københavns Sporveje (KS), type Bogiemotorvogn, series 501-618, width 2.02 m, length 12.30 m, manufactured 1930-1941, with 28 seats and 39 standing places, signed Valby.
Description
Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum
Bogie motorcar with old sidecar photographed in Øster Farimagsgade in Copenhagen, April 1955. Behind the train is the Botanical Garden.
Motorcar no. 568 was built by the Copenhagen Tramway main workshop in 1937 and converted to the "permanent conductor" system in 1956.
The sidecar was built around 1920.
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