Copenhagen tram line 3: Mozarts Plads - Strandboulevarden

City: Copenhagen (Denmark).
Total route length: 9.1 km (5.7 miles).

Track gauge: 1435 mm (standard gauge).
Opened: August 1, 1901.
Closed: April 28, 1968.

Stops

Mozarts Plads → Åboulevard → Strandboulevarden → Blegdamsvej → Blågårds Plads.

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Photos and videos of Copenhagen tram line 3: Mozarts Plads - Strandboulevarden

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Line 16 transitions to bus operation (1970)On 26 April 1970, the Copenhagen tram line 16 switched to bus operation.By SporvognDK - April 26, 1970.

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Farewell to the old carriages - On a trip with line 16 (1966)50 years ago - on 1 May 1966 - Copenhagen's Sporveje decommissioned the last old two-axle carriages. The Tram History Society organized a number of trips on different tram lines - in this film you can see a look back at the trip on 5 June 1966, which took place on line 16.By SporvognDK - June 5, 1966.

Postcard: Copenhagen tram line 3 with railcar 275 on Blegdamsvej (1966)Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum Copenhagen's tramways. Motorcar no. 275 (Scandia 1907) with a cross-seat sidecar as line 3 on Blegdamsvej on March 8, 1966. The motorcar and a similar sidecar are now owned by the Tram History Society.By Henrik Boye, Sporvejshistorisk Selskab (SHS) - March 8, 1966.

Postcard: Copenhagen tram line 16 with articulated tram 837 at Sydhavns Plads (1965)Kgs. Enghave local history association & archive 1986-2011 25 years Borgbjergsvej 1965 seen towards Sydhavns Plads. Line 3 and line 16 are in a queue due to a traffic accident at the intersection Enghavevej/P. Knudsensgade.By Henrik Boye, Kgs. Enghave Lokalhistoriske Forening & Arkiv, Torben Liebst - 1965.

Postcard: Copenhagen tram line 3 with railcar 338 on Trianglen (1960-1965)Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum KS-motorcar no. 338 (Scandia 1912) with cross-seat sidecar as line 3 on Blegdamsvej at Trianglen in the early 1960s. Line 3 was converted to bus operation in 1968 87By Henrik Boye, Sporvejshistorisk Selskab (SHS) - 1960 - 1965.

Postcard: Copenhagen tram line 3 with railcar 490 on Enghavevej (1959-1961)Kgs. Enghave local history association & archive 1986-2011 25 years Line 3 on Enghavevej approx. 1960. The viaduct was built in 1909, when a freight line was built from Valby Station through Sydhavnen to the Central Station to relieve the direct track. Sydhavn Station was built here in 1970.By Henrik Boye, Kgs. Enghave Lokalhistoriske Forening & Arkiv, Københavns Sporveje (KS) - 1959 - 1961.

Postcard: Copenhagen tram line 3 with railcar 84 on Blegdamsvej (1958-1961)Blegdamsvej at the then Blegdamshospital on a spring day around 1960. Motor car no. 84 was built in 1901 by Vulcan in Maribo. The sidecar is from the series no. 1321-1360, which was built by Scadia in Randers in 1914-15.By Henrik Boye, Sporvejshistorisk Selskab (SHS) - 1958 - 1961.

Postcard: Copenhagen tram line 11 with railcar 327 at Mozarts Plads (1956-1958)Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum Copenhagen Tramway motor cars no. 327 (Scandia 1912) and 554 (KS' main workshop 1935) as line 11 and line 3 respectively at the terminus at Mozarts Plads circa 1957.By Henrik Boye, Sporvejshistorisk Selskab (SHS) - 1956 - 1958.

Model tram: Side view of a line 3 Lunding bogie motor car (1953)By Hanse, Henrik Boye.
1953.

Prescription envelope: Copenhagen tram line 3 on Trianglen (1950-1959)Apoteket Trianglen Telefon 01 38 32 00 Mandag-fredag kl. 9-20.00 Lørdag kl. 9-17.30 Søn- og helligdagen kl. 10-17.30 Trianglen fra 1950-erne. Næsten som det ses ud i dag. Den karakteristiske sporvognsventesal blev opført ca. år 1908.By Apoteket Trianglen, Henrik Boye - 1950 - 1959.

Postcard: Copenhagen tram line 3 at Mozarts Plads (1941)Kgs. Enghave local history association & archive 1986-2011 25 years Mozarts Plads during the occupation. Tram line 3 had its terminus here, and the square was shaped after the tram loop.By Henrik Boye, Kgs. Enghave Lokalhistoriske Forening & Arkiv - 1941.

Postcard: Copenhagen tram line 3 with railcar 99 close by Blågårds Plads (1939)By Henrik Boye, John Lundgren, Sporvejshistorisk Selskab (SHS).
December 1939.

Postcard: Copenhagen tram line 3 with railcar 98 on Åboulevard (1939)By Henrik Boye, John Lundgren, Sporvejshistorisk Selskab (SHS).
January 1939.

Prescription envelope: Copenhagen tram line 3 on Trianglen (1930)Apoteket Trianglen Telefon 01 38 32 00 Mandag-fredag kl. 9-20.00 Lørdag kl. 9-17.30 Søn- og helligdagen kl. 10-17.30 Trianglens karakteristiske markiser ses endnu i dette billede fra 30-erneBy Apoteket Trianglen, Henrik Boye - 1930.

Postcard: Copenhagen tram line 3 with railcar 442 near Frederiksholm Sydhavns Plads (1927)HT Museum trams and buses Islevdalvej 119, 2610 Rødovre KS-vehicle train at Frederiksholm (Sydhavns Plads). Scandia built 25 transverse-seated motor cars (no. 422-446) in 1915-20 and 100 transverse-seated side cars (no. 1361-1460) in 1916-20. The museum has no. 430 in its collection. Decommissioned in 1965. April 1927.By Henrik Boye, HT museum, Københavns Sporveje (KS) - April 1927.

Prescription envelope: Copenhagen tram line 3 at Enghavevej (1927)Enghave Plads set fra hjørnet af Enghavevej og Ny Carsbergvej (februar 1927) Enghave Apotek Enghave Plads 25 1670 København V Telefon 31 31 37 78By Enghave Apotek, Henrik Boye - February 1927.

Postcard: Copenhagen tram line 3 on Enghave Plads (1920)Trams in Copenhagen 1-8 are issued by the Copenhagen Support Association on the occasion of the 100th anniversary. Peter Hansen: At Enghave Plads (Faaborg Museum)By Henrik Boye, Kjøbenhavns Understøttelsesforening, Peter Hansen - 1920.

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KS Copenhagen 3 part (1899-1972)This was the method of scrapping at the time. The wagons were set on fire and the metal that was left was then taken to the scrapyard and sold as scrap. The method was also used by railways, for example the Bornholm railways burned their equipment in the same way in 1968 when they closed.By Jean MIRÉ MAISON - 1899 - 1972.

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