Trammuseum Rotterdam
The Trammuseum Rotterdam is housed in the former Depot Hillegersberg of the Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram (RET) on the Kootsekade in the city of Rotterdam, Hillegersberg. The museum provides a representative picture of the tram types that have run in Rotterdam. There is also a workshop where museum trams are restored and maintained. Volunteers give a guided tour of the museum on request. You can also take a ride on an old tram.
From Delfshaven to Hillegersberg
From 1968 there were Rotterdam museum trams in the 1904 tram depot on the Nieuwe Binnenweg in Delfshaven. After the RET closed the Delfshaven depot in the 1980s, a large part of the building was demolished by the municipality of Rotterdam. However, a small part was preserved and in 1986 the Tramweg Foundation opened its own Rotterdam tram museum here.
The municipality of Rotterdam eventually wanted to vacate the remainder of the depot (there is now a shop there), so a move was necessary in 2010 to the vacant Hillegersberg depot. The reopening took place in April 2011. The trams present in the museum belong to different owners, including the Tramweg Foundation and the RoMeO Foundation. There are about 50 museum trams from 1905 till 1986, most of which are in a restored and running condition.
After a major refurbishment of the Hillegersberg depot, the museum reopened on April 5, 2014. It is now open to the public on the first Saturday of every month, between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. In September, the museum is not open on the first Saturday, but on the second Saturday because of Open Monuments Day.[1]
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Horse tram 404 in original condition; nowadays again with no. 514.
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Railcar 1 in original condition without glass balcony, decorated as line 1.
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Motor car 86 in original condition as line 8.
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Railcar 119 in original condition as line 5.
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Front of railcar 119 in original condition as line 5.
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Park car 192 in original condition as line 12.
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Side course sign on railcar 192 in the designation as line 12: blue yellow.
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Indication of the destination on a railcar. The color indications were intended for illiterate people so that they too could recognize 'their' line.
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Delmez motor car 210, restored to original condition, is also a sales car.
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Motor car 408, oldest surviving example of the series 401-570, has yet to be restored.
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The restored 491 next to Düwag 'Tingelingeling' theme tram 1605.
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Museum entrance: motor car 504 and the DAF 600 of the RET management.
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Motor car 523 with the un-restored Schindler single-joint in the background.
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Motor car 537.
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Motor car 556 shiny in the paint, restored and roadworthy.
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Roadworthy motor car 565.
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Motor car 303 has also been restored and is ready to drive.
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Restored railcar 123, one of the 'Allan trams'.
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Close up of 'Allan car' 123.
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Düwag 368 in the outfit as 'Harbourtram'.
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Werkspoor single-articulated six-axle vehicle 608.
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Werkspoor-double-articulated eight-axle 1629 (ex-629) in use as an instruction car.
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ZGT single-articulated six-axle 834 is one of the youngest Rotterdam museum trams (built in 1986).
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Grinding motor car 2302 as a museum object.
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Assembly car for the overhead line that was pulled by horses at the time of the electrification.
References
- ↑ "Trammuseum Rotterdam". European Route of Industrial Heritage. Retrieved 2022-11-13. Unknown parameter
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