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The history of the tram
Lisbon Tramways Company (Carris)
Operational
: Delivered as Lisbon railcar 20?, type Brill.
Ferrocarril de Sóller (FS)
Operational
: Taken over by the company as Sóller railcar 20 (ex Lisbon railcar 20?), type Lisboa.
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Mallorca tram (2015)The Tramvia de Sóller runs from the Sóller train station forecourt through the city center and continues through lemon groves to the harbor wall of the "Port de Sóller." The 4.9 km long route has a 914 mm gauge. It operates at a voltage of 600 V.
In addition to the original railcars (Nos. 1-3), the rolling stock includes the cars (Nos. 20-24) acquired from Lisbon in 2000. They were converted to gauge in Sóller and are now all painted in the company's livery. Tram 22 has even been adapted to the original railcars and is now almost indistinguishable from them.
The tramway uses both the original summer and enclosed trailers as trailers, as well as former railway carriages that have been adapted for tram service.
The tramway owes its existence to a law governing the construction of light railways in Spain. This stipulated that a railway line could only receive subsidies if it was longer than 30 kilometers. Since the route from Palma to Sóller was only 27 kilometers long, it was decided in 1913 to officially build the tram as an extension of the original line, thus increasing the entire route to over 30 kilometers.
The travel time between the station and the port is approximately 20-30 minutes.
P.S.: The tram driver involved in the car accident was very pleased with the video footage, as it was very helpful as evidence.By Strassenbahnfreak - .
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Ride in the driver's cab on the Mallorca tram from Sóller to Puerto de Sóller (2014)The railway company Ferrocarril de Sóller S.A. has been operating the daily train service from the island's capital, Palma de Mallorca, to Sóller in the northwest of the island since 1912 (Tren de Sóller or Ferrocarril de Sóller). Since 1913, the tram line from Sóller to Puerto de Sóller, i.e., from the train station to the port, has also been operated (Tranvía entre Sóller y el Puerto de Sóller). Pennula had the opportunity to film a ride in the driver's cab on this famous tram. On October 4, 1913, the tram line between Sóller and Port de Sóller was inaugurated. The construction of the tram became necessary after the railway line from Palma to Sóller was built the previous year. At that time, the connection from the train station in Sóller to the port in Sóller was still missing. Although the tram was initially intended for transporting people, it was increasingly used for freight transport, with a small refrigerated truck carrying fresh fish from the port to the city. The route is just under five kilometres long. It runs from Sóller to the stops Mercat, Can Guida, Can Reus, L'Horta, Monument, Can Llimó, Can Ahir, Roca Roja, Es Control, Sa Torre, S'Espléndido, Las Palmeras, S'Eden, Can Generós, Marysol, and La Payesa. Initially, the tram was powered by its own power station in Sóller station; a 65 hp combustion engine was installed there, which drove a Siemens-Schuckert dynamo, generating a voltage of 600 volts. For more information, please visit http://www.pennula.de.By PENNULA - .
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Sóller Tram (2012)The video features shots of the Tramvia de Sóller near Port de Sóller.By Rheinhochwasser - .
Sóller tram line with railcar 20, side view Las Palmeras / Carrer de la Marina (2013)By Michael Olsen..
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Tram journey on the route Palma - Sóller - Palma at Mallorca (2023)The Ferrocarril de Sóller (Railway of Sóller) is an interurban railway and the name of the company that operates the electrified 914 mm narrow-gauge tracks running between the towns of Sóller and Palma on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
The route opened in 1912. The video was filmed in 2022, 110 years after the route's start. When it was built, the railway was used to transport fruits from the countryside to Palma. Today, it mainly serves as a tourist attraction.By Santeri Taskinen - .