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The history of the tram
Aarhus Tramway (ÅS)
Closed
: Delivered as Aarhus railcar 1, manufacturer Københavns Sporveje (KS)/Scandia, type AAS, series 1-20, width 2.10 m, length 10.00 m, manufactured 1945-1947, with 22 seats and 28 standing places.
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Aarhus Tram by Per Glundal (1971)Last day for the tram in Aarhus in 1971 7 Nov.
Filmed by Per GlundalBy michael glundal - .
Archive photo: Aarhus railcar 1 by Enghave remise (1945)New built railcar no. 1.By John Ellegaard Nielsen - .
Postcard: Aarhus tram line 2 with railcar 1 on Skanderborgvej (1971)Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum
Aarhus trams. Motor car no. 1 (Copenhagen Tramway's main workshop 1945) with a similar side car as line 2 on Skanderborgvej in July 1971.
The motor car and another train are now owned by the Tram History Society.By Henrik Boye, Sporvejshistorisk Selskab (SHS) - .
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Trams in Aarhus (1963)Amateur 8mm silent cine of Århus trams, filmed on the Light Railway Transport League tour of May 1963. The two-line system closed in 1971.By Peter X - .
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MY TK Aarhus tram in the city (1903-2013)From May 31, 1884, to November 6, 1971, Aarhus had a tram service. Initially, horse-drawn trams were used, but starting in 1903, the company Aarhus Elektriske Sporvei introduced electric operation. The last trams rolled through the city on November 7, 1971, after which Aarhus Sporveje fully switched to bus service.
Here’s a great collection of tram photos, which also shows the tram route across Aarhus—a snapshot of the streets, cars, clothing, people, houses, and more from that time. I lived near the terminus in Kongsvang, where it once changed from Kongsvang Trælast Handel to Marselis Boulevard - Åhavevej.By Sammy Stjer - - .Tram Museum Skjoldenæsholm
Open regularly
: Arrived at the museum as Skjoldenæsholm railcar 1 (ex Aarhus railcar 1), manufacturer Københavns Sporveje (KS)/Scandia, type AAS, series 1-20, width 2.10 m, length 10.00 m, manufactured 1945-1947, with 22 seats and 28 standing places.
Badge: Skjoldenæsholm railcar 1 (1988)Trams in Denmark 125 years
1863-1988
Tram Museum
SkjoldenæsholmBy Henrik Boye, Sporvejshistorisk Selskab (SHS) - .
Postcard: Skjoldenæsholm metre gauge with railcar 1 at The entrance (1978)Tram Museum Skjoldenæsholm
The terminus of the meter-gauge line at Skjoldenæsvej. Aarhus railcar no. 1 (Copenhagen Tramway's main workshop 1945) stands ready to take the first guests of the day to the Tram Museum.By Henrik Boye, Sporvejshistorisk Selskab (SHS) - .
Postcard: Skjoldenæsholm railcar 1 by Depot 1 (1978)Some of the Tram Museum's trams in front of the depot. From left: Aarhus Trams' motor car no. 1 (Copenhagen Trams 1945), Copenhagen Trams no. 470 (KS 1945), Copenhagen Trams no. 275 (Scandia 1907), Copenhagen Trams no. 587 (KS 1939) and Copenhagen Trams no. 701 (KS 1949).By Henrik Boye, Sporvejshistorisk Selskab (SHS) - .
Postcard: Skjoldenæsholm standard gauge with railcar 275 by The Tram Museum (1985)At the platform in front of and along the Tram Museum's depot, there is a transfer between the museum's two lines, one heading towards Højbjerg Skov and the other to the parking lot at Skjoldenæsvej. The trams shown in the picture are Copenhagen no. 275 (1907/1928), Basel no. 213 (1933), Aarhus no. 1 (1945), Copenhagen grinding trolley S 1 (1900/1952), and Aarhus sidecar no. 54 (1947).By Henrik Boye, Sporvejshistorisk Selskab (SHS) - .
Postcard: Skjoldenæsholm standard gauge with railcar 470 The Tram Museum (1985)Tram museum forecourt with, among others, Copenhagen no. 470 (KS 1945), Copenhagen no. 275 (Scandia 1907), Basel no. 213 (SIG 1933), Aarhus no. 1 (KS 1945), Wuppertal no. 3241 (van der Zypen 1925) and Copenhagen no. 701 (KS 1949).By Henrik Boye, Sporvejshistorisk Selskab (SHS) - .
Skjoldenæsholm metre gauge with railcar 1 at The entrance (1978)Inauguration car on the metered line.
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SHSBy Henrik Boye - .
Skjoldenæsholm metre gauge with railcar 1 in front of Remise 1 (1978)Inauguration car on the metered line.By Henrik Boye - .
Skjoldenæsholm metre gauge with railcar 1 in front of The tram museum (1978)Inauguration car on the metered line.
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1978
SHSBy Henrik Boye - .
Skjoldenæsholm metre gauge with railcar 1 on the stretch (1978)Inauguration car on the metered line.
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1978
SHSBy Henrik Boye - .
Skjoldenæsholm metre gauge with railcar 1 outside Remise 1 (1978)Inauguration car on the metered line.
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SHSBy Henrik Boye - .
Hovedstadsområdets Trafikselskabsmuseum (HT-museet)
Closed permanently
: Taken over by the museum as Copenhagen railcar 1 (ex Aarhus railcar 1), manufacturer Københavns Sporveje (KS)/Scandia, type AAS, series 1-20, width 2.10 m, length 10.00 m, manufactured 1945-1947, with 22 seats and 28 standing places.
Tram Museum Skjoldenæsholm
Open regularly
: Taken over by the museum as Skjoldenæsholm railcar 1 (ex Aarhus railcar 1), manufacturer Københavns Sporveje (KS)/Scandia, type AAS, series 1-20, width 2.10 m, length 10.00 m, manufactured 1945-1947, with 22 seats and 28 standing places.
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A visit to the Tram museum at Skjoldenæsholm in Denmark (2010)A visit to the Tram museum at Skjoldenæsholm in Denmark.By Niels Hoffmeyer - .
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Most viewed - Aarhus and the Tram in the City (2018)Aarhus [ˈå·ˌhu’s] or Århus (official spelling Århus 1948 – 31 December 2010[3]) is Denmark's second largest and Jutland's largest urban area with 269,022 inhabitants (2017). Aarhus Municipality has 335,684 inhabitants (2017). In the larger urban zone, Eurostat estimates a population of 845,971.
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Aarhus Sporveje - at the museum (2011)On 7 November 1971, Århus Sporveje's two lines switched over to bus operation.
Århus Sporveje was resurrected at the Sporvejsmuseet Skjoldenæsholm on 26 May 1978, when the museum opened. The museum's first section was the meter-tracked section from the entrance at the car park to the museum.By SporvognDK - .
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Århus Sporveje 100th anniversary (2017)Ove Hansen discusses his over 30 years at Århus Sporveje.
Aarhus Tramway is celebrating its 100th anniversary today. A large exhibition at Magasin previously marked this milestone. The celebration has a special wish from the birthday boy. During the era when trams ran in Aarhus, the steering wheel was a symbol of that time. Here is a relic from an old tram. Ove Hansen is also from the period when trams operated on rails in the inner part of Aarhus. Back then, there was much more contact with people on the street. You could open the door and wave to the girls in the summer, or do similar things. It's not really possible today. Ove Hansen made his last trip on the rails on November 3, 1971. The next day, trams again became part of the cityscape, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Aarhus Tramway, celebrated with an exhibition at Magasin. There’s talk about trams again—whether to restore them and whether they would disrupt the cityscape. Should we bring trams back? Isn't that right?
Now, action is needed soon. I believe it's realistic, within a 10- to 20-year timeframe, to explore reintroducing them before I retire. Yes, I’d definitely advocate for it. The exhibition offers a trip back in time, including a look at a Volvo from the mid-1950s. Aarhus Trams is also using this anniversary as an opportunity to look ahead. Director Torben Højer plans to revisit the city center, which will look different in the future. In fact, the tram system is planning new bus routes that could be converted to trams in the future. Taking a tram is a significant quality upgrade, especially considering environmental noise levels. The city council has already agreed to reintroduce trams.
We need to secure funding, and I believe we will manage to do so eventually. Ove Hansen, who last drove a tram over 30 years ago, has already submitted a bid if the city council agrees before he retires. Our sports director has promised that if trams return during his tenure, he’ll be one of the first allowed to drive one. So I’ve been trying to keep that dream alive. Welcome, O. Hansen. You've been driving buses for more than 36 years, and you also have some experience with a little tram. How does it feel to celebrate a 100th anniversary? I think it's fantastic to be part of a company culture that has existed for 100 years—an electric tram running from the train station to the main square, and now to the efficient transport system we have today in Aarhus. Recent studies rank it as one of the best in the country. The question is how long it will stay that way. This might be the last anniversary for this private company. I believe so, at least for me. It’s a shame because the company's spirit has always been strong. It’s a bit sad to think about going back to the good old days soon, after 36 years—that’s a long time. How has your work changed over the years? It’s changed a lot. I started in May or April 1968, at an old tram depot on Dalgas Avenue. When I first began, we handed out tickets from a sidecar, and later, I obtained a bus driver's license, allowing me to drive extra buses. Within six months, I trained as a tram driver—though we didn’t call it that back then. We called it a tram driver, the person who drives the tram, like Dirk Fits. I did that for the last three years before trams were phased out. It’s a shame today. Since then, I've driven buses and been very happy doing so. It’s a lively company—fun, sometimes in trouble, but mostly enjoyable with passengers. It makes you feel like you’re serving a good cause. So, you’ve driven a tram. Do you have any memorable stories? Yes, there was a lot of teasing among us. For example, some would say on TV they lived off the army, and we lived off passengers. Sometimes, we’d joke that if it weren’t for those damn passengers, we’d have a good time. I remember when Palads closed after an evening lecture, and someone pulled the cord—there was no power on the tram in front. The driver didn't leave until five minutes late, so he had to take all the passengers to Magasinet. That was always fun to mess around with afterward. Another story involves a colleague who applied the handbrake as he drove up from Skovvejen in the tram, then turned left off Trøjborgvej, and…By Ole Svend Rasmussen - .
Skjoldenæsholm 1000 mm with railcar 1 at The tram museum (2004)With Australian and Danish flag day after Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary's wedding.By Henrik Boye - .
Skjoldenæsholm 1000 mm with railcar 1 at The tram museum (2005)40 years
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The Tramway Museum - From the archives 8 (2012)June 2012: KS 587 is test-driven after having the bogies renovated in Gera.
A film company has hired the "railway crossing" to film a trailer for the Zulu Comedy Awards.By SporvognDK - .
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The Tramway Museum - right now - part 1 (2013)Atmosphere, rainy weather, and visits by happy photographers - The Tramway Museum on Sunday 26 May 2013.
For those of you who think we have photos and experiences, we should have a box, fewer videos, 65, see something in you, or latte, whether it is water or rice Sandow immediately, as soon as Brierly, want to learn a language, Artica, now four Lono Picasso lesbian tube heater, have public against it, search for spinach, which is already their storefront times, or nice, not for crimes, want something fantastic.By SporvognDK - .
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The Tramway Museum Skjoldenæsholm video (2024)A short video from the Tramway Museum Skjoldenæsholm.
A look at their workshop and exhibitions.
Nice exhibitions of trams and buses. And there is the possibility of driving with several trams in the area.By VærdAtSe - .
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Traffic day at the Sporvejsmuseet Skjoldenæsholm (2024)On Saturday 11 May there was an intensive traffic day at the Skjoldenæsholm Railway Museum. So a large number of the museum's various trams, buses and a number of vintage cars were also on display.By SimonTog - .15:54
MY TK Aarhus tram in the city (1903-2013)From May 31, 1884, to November 6, 1971, Aarhus had a tram service. Initially, horse-drawn trams were used, but starting in 1903, the company Aarhus Elektriske Sporvei introduced electric operation. The last trams rolled through the city on November 7, 1971, after which Aarhus Sporveje fully switched to bus service.
Here’s a great collection of tram photos, which also shows the tram route across Aarhus—a snapshot of the streets, cars, clothing, people, houses, and more from that time. I lived near the terminus in Kongsvang, where it once changed from Kongsvang Trælast Handel to Marselis Boulevard - Åhavevej.By Sammy Stjer - - .
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Aarhus runs in tram tracks (1904-2015)Århus Sporveje (abbreviated ÅS) was a traffic company owned by Aarhus Municipality, which was established on 1 January 1928 and merged into Midttrafik on 1 January 2007. The company took over the tram operation in Aarhus when it was established, which had been started by the private company Aarhus Elektriske Sporvej 7 July 1904. In 1929 the tram network was expanded by extending it up through Tordenskjoldsgade to Marienlund by Riis Skov; one more line was built from Banegårdspladsen over Frederiksbjerg to Harald Jensens Plads, a line that was later extended to Kongsvang. The original line from Dalgas Avenue to Trøjborg was extended to double track; originally it was only single-track, with many sidings on the stretch.
When the municipality took over the company in 1928, 46 people were employed. In 1940, the company had 225 employees, and a stock consisting of 23 trams, 22 sidecars and 43 buses. [1]
Tramway operations were discontinued on 7 November 1971. Before then, however, the company had opened several bus lines, and even more were added after the municipal reform in 1970, when Aarhus Municipality grew significantly. The Aarhus city buses were called trambuses for many years, but that name has long since fallen out of use. For many years, contrary to other Danish cities, boarding took place at the back and exiting at the front, but from 1 January 2012 this was abolished, and it is now permitted to enter and exit from all doors in the buses. As one of the only places in the country, there is still self-ticketing on the buses to this day.
On 1 January 2005, Århus Sporveje was split into Trafikselskabet Århus Sporveje (administration and planning) and Busselskabet Aarhus Sporveje (driving). Both were owned by Aarhus Municipality until 1 January 2007.
Trams were operated in Aarhus in the period 1904-71. It happened under the same company that still runs the city's bus traffic, Århus Sporveje, as it has been called since 1928. Nowadays, Århus Sporveje is part of the regional transport company Midttrafik.
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