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A restaurant tram is a tram vehicle where meals can be served in a way of a full-service, sit-down restaurant. Customers consume the meals while the tram is following a route over an existing network of a tramsystem. Old trams are used with a rebuild interior with upholstered seats and tables. Most restaurant trams are equipped with a small kitchen used just before serving the meals, while a kitchen in a restaurant is used to do most preparations.
Examples
editCities that operate or have operated a restaurant tram are Brussels,[1] The Hague, Rotterdam, Bern, Zurich, Timisoara,[2] Kolkota[3] and Christchurch.
- The U76/U70 tram line between the German cities of Düsseldorf and Krefeld used to offer a Bistrowagen ("dining car" in German), where passengers could order drinks and snacks. That practice dates back to 1924, when interurban trams conveyed a dining car.[4] With the introduction of modern tram units in 1981, four trams had a Bistrowagen[5] that operated every weekday until 2014.
- In 1976 the first full dining restaurant started running in Bern using a historic tramcar and trailer.[6]
- In 1983 the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant started running in Melbourne using three historic W-class trams,[7] but the service had to close in 2018 because the trams were seen as too unsafe to operate between other traffic.[8]
- Since 2005 in Milan, two historic tramcars -Class 1500- from 1928 are in use as a restaurant.[9]
- Since 1995, Helsinki has a pub tram.
Gallery
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W-class tram in Melbourne -
Class-1500 tram in Milan -
Ce 4/4 type tram in Zurich -
GTL-8 tram in The Hague -
Tram 411 in Christchurch
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Fine dining in de Brusselse tram". National Geographic (in Dutch). 19 April 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ P., Mihaela (21 January 2018). "Dinner In A Tramway In Timisoara. The Only Tram-Restaurant In Romania". Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ Singh, Shiv Shahay (13 October 2018). "Dining in Kolkata in a tramcar named 'Victoria'". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Düsseldorf: Rheinbahn stellt Bistrowagen endgültig aufs Abstellgleis". Rheinische Post (in German). 21 September 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ van 't Hoogerhuijs, Herman (2016). Metrotrams (in Dutch). p. 117. ISBN 978-90-5961-175-7.
- ^ "Restaurant-Tram (1935)". website Stiftung BERNMOBIL historique (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ Gemina, Cody (8 November 2017). "The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant review". Good Food. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ Webb, Carolyn (23 November 2021). "Dream of Melbourne restaurant trams still alive for business owner". The Age. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Atmosfera – dineren in een tot rijdend restaurant omgetoverde tram in Milaan". Ciao tutti (in Dutch). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.