Postcard: Zürich tram line 9 with articulated tram 2093 near Schwamendingen (1988)

Location: Schwamendingen.
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Publisher: Ernst B. Leutwiler Verlag.
Date: January 23, 1988.
City: Zürich (Switzerland).

Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ)
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Zürich tram line 9: Hirzenbach - Triemli
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Zürich articulated tram 2093, manufacturer BBC/SWP/Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik (SWS), type Tram 2000, Be 4/6 serie 2, series 2046–2098, width 2.20 m, length 21.40 m, weight 26.5 t, manufactured 1985-1987, with 50 seats and 114 standing places, in the direction of Hirzenbach, interconnected with:
Zürich low-floor sidecar 2413, manufacturer Asea Brown Boveri (ABB)/BBC/Siemens/SWP, type Be 2/4 Tram 2000, series 2001-2435, width 2.20 m, length 28.00 m, weight 31.0 t, manufactured 1976-1992, with 68 seats and 142 standing places.

Since November 1987, the Zurich Transport Authority's advertising tram Be 4/6 2093 + Be 2/4 2413 has been running as a "concrete work of art" with mixed colors for the Edvard Munch exhibition at the Kunsthaus on line 9. January 23, 1988, after the tunnel exit in Schwamendingen.
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