Postcard: Zürich tram line 5 with railcar 1400 on Gloriastrasse (1985)

Location: Gloriastrasse.
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Publisher: Ernst B. Leutwiler Verlag.
Date: August 24, 1985.
City: Zürich (Switzerland).

Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ)
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Zürich tram line 5: Kirche Fluntern - Laubegg
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Zürich railcar 1400, manufacturer MF0/Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik (SWS), type Kurbeliwagen Be 4/4, in the direction of Zoo, painted Gelben, with advertising of 'Bankverein. Eine Idee mehr.', interconnected with:
Zürich sidecar 753, manufacturer FFA/Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft (SIG), type B, painted Gelben.

Zurich Transport Company (VBZ): From 1985 to 1987, the "Zootram" Be 4/4 1400 + B 753 operated on the tram lines to the zoo. This tram was seen on August 24, 1985, on Gloriastrasse, from the yellow door side.
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