Sydney Light Rail - 2102 & 2107 Variotrams

            A crossing of the last two VARIOTRAMS in service, both now withdrawn.

The network's original rolling stock was the Variotram which was introduced with the opening of the first section of the Inner West Light Rail in 1997. Seven German-designed vehicles were manufactured in Dandenong, Victoria by Adtranz. The Variotram design is modular and was extended for the Sydney system. The capacity of the vehicles is 217 passengers, of which 74 are seated. On tests up to three trams have been coupled together allowing a maximum capacity of 600 passengers if required. They were numbered 2101-2107, continuing the Sydney trams sequence that finished at 2087 with the last Sydney R1-Class Tram.

The vehicles have a floor to rail height of 30 centimetres and the bogies have no axles between the wheels and are powered with hub motors. The design weight was reduced to compensate for the addition of climate-control air-conditioning equipment. Each tram is fitted with three double doors each side which have enhanced safety systems with obstacle detection interlocked with the traction system. Seats are generally in the transverse configuration - at 90 degrees to the sides of the vehicle. In 2014, the original external destination rolls were replaced with dot-matrix displays and digital voice announcements were installed. There are no internal displays. The last Variotram was withdrawn from service after operating overnight between Central and The Star on 27/28 May 2015.
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Sydney, NSW, Australia; Light rail is one of the four major public transport modes serving the city of Sydney, Australia, the others being train, bus and ferry. The network presently consists of a single 12.8-kilometre (8 mi) line of 23 stations. Early works have commenced on a second line.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Sydney developed an extensive tram network, which grew to be one of the largest in the world. The increasing rate of private car ownership and the perception that trams contributed to traffic congestion led to the progressive replacement of tram services with buses, with the final section of the tram network closing in February 1961.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the inner city areas of Darling Harbour and Pyrmont were the subject of an urban renewal program. In 1988 the Sydney Monorail opened, connecting Darling Harbour to the Central Business District. With poor integration between the monorail and other transport modes, and the increasing redevelopment of the Pyrmont peninsula - including the establishment of Sydney's first legal casino - it was decided to convert a disused section of the Metropolitan Goods railway line into a light rail line. A section of track between Pyrmont and Haymarket was upgraded and a new on-street section constructed to link the line to Central railway station. The line opened in August 1997 as the Sydney Light Rail.

   

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Taken on: August 24, 2014

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