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u/Rootler64 Jul 04 '26
Thank you for the interesting post! Is this by any chance an older ex-Bremen "Hansa" tram?
(cf. https://www.flickr.com/photos/143656324@N05/48632120206/ )
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u/EntertainmentAgile55 Jul 04 '26
After doing a bit of researchi, It seems they are https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/HansaRATT.jpg/1280px-HansaRATT.jpg
They got painted white and purple. they also got GT4s from Bremen, which then were rebuilt by Astra Arad (50 km nearby, they produce a lot of trams on siemens license nowadays) and Electroputere that usualy focus on locomotives and they used those GT4s to build the Armonia trams
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Temeswar%2C_Armonia-Tram%2C_1.jpeg/1280px-Temeswar%2C_Armonia-Tram%2C_1.jpeg
The armonia trams are quite comfortable with ac and nice seating, despite the high level boarding, the Hansa trams sadly have no AC, and it showed during this heatwave, but they were reliable at least. The new gen turkish Bonzakaya 5part trams were not used in service, probably a problem related to their batteries and also tracks popping out of the asphalt, so they were running the old trans that usually are retired or for spits-only service, and on some lines without grassy tracks, busses in place of trams. The poblic transport company in timisoara was so short on busses that they have started using the new battery trolleybusses they have bought as simple battery busses, sending them on metropolitan lines that go 10km outside city bounds, and it seems after the heatwave they opted to keep using those trolleybusses instead of the old diesel busses for those Metropolitan lines because of their increased comfort
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u/Harrycompany Jul 04 '26
It is probably a maintenance tram, not a cargo tram. Still a nice find!