Trams Warsaw Wagon type K "Berlinka" (2016)

Description

Historic K-type "Berlinka" tram car from Warsaw Trams.

The wagon we are in now was built in 1940 at the Wagon Fab factory, located in the Free City of Gdańsk. It came from a series of Pullman-type wagons, and according to Stan Starzyński, 60 of these were built at the Gdańsk wagon factory in the late 1940s, with some also produced by a joint venture in Katowice. The ones from Katowice had factory-made wooden seats, while those from Gdańsk had seats that were scanned. Instead of going to Warsaw, they were taken over by the Germans and, after minor modifications, put into service in Berlin, where they operated as the TF40 type, alongside trailer wagons produced simultaneously. [were recovered by Warsaw. In September 1945, out of the 60 built, 57 survived the war; however, after reclaiming them, Warsaw could no longer use the soft leather seats. All wagons returned to Warsaw after the war were destroyed and subsequently remade with wooden seats. More loops were added in Warsaw, resulting in a reduction in the overall number of loops. At the ends of the so-called passing loops, doors on the left side of the wagon and the travel controllers on the second platform became unnecessary. Therefore, during subsequent repairs, Warsaw removed these doors and the second controllers. Wagons of this type operated in Warsaw until 1975, making them the survivors of all deliveries over the ten years of the 13n wagons, and they were withdrawn from service only during the deployment of the first 105n type wagons. The last day of regular operation for these wagons in Warsaw was November 1, 1975, on the cemetery lines. From 1967 to 1975, the only depot that operated these wagons in Warsaw was the R2 Praga depot.

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