Restaurant tram
A restaurant tram is a tram vehicle where meals can be served in the 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 rebuilt 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.
In 1982 the first restaurant of this type started running in Melbourne using three historic W-class trams, but the service had to close in 2018 because the trams were seen as too unsafe to operate between other traffic.[1] Milan followed, since 2005 two historic tramcars -Class 1500- from 1928 are in use as a restaurant.[2] Other cities with a restaurant tram are Brussels, The Hague, Rotterdam, Bern, Zurich and Christchurch. Helsinki has a variant since 1995, being a pub tram.
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 the early 20th century, when interurban trams conveyed a dining car. Despite the introduction of modern tram units in 1981,[3] four trams still had a Bistrowagen that operated every weekday in the early 21st century.
Gallery
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W-class tram in Melbourne
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Class-1500 tram in Milan
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Ce 4/4 type tram in Zurich
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GTL-8 tram in The Hague
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Tram 411 in Christchurch
See also
References
- ↑ 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.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ van 't Hoogerhuijs, Herman (2016). Metrotrams (in Dutch). p. 117. ISBN 978 90 5961 175 7.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
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