Postcard: Krefeld extra regional line U76 with articulated tram 3036 at Fischeln (1979)

Stop: Fischeln.
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Photographer: Tschirner.
Publisher: Blickpunkt Straßenbahn.
Date: April 29, 1979.
City: Krefeld (Germany).

Stadtwerke Krefeld (SWK)
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Düsseldorf extra regional line U76: Holthausen - Rheinstraße (ex K, 76)
Operational

Krefeld articulated tram 3036, type GT8S, signed line K Krefeld, with advertising of 'HUMA Hurler-Margazin im Rheincenter Neuss'.

Blickpunkt Straßenbahn e. V.
Series B (DUEWAG light rail vehicle variants)
Standard-gauge light rail vehicle type GT 8 S No. 3036 (built in 1975) of the Rheinische Bahngesellschaft AG, Düsseldorf, on the long-distance line K (now 76) at the Krefeld-Fischeln stop.
April 29, 1979

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