Budapest and Prague are the greatest tram operations in the world in terms
of size, intensity and patronage. It's interesting to study them side by
side. They have many similar characteristics, such as the operational
style, but a notable difference is that Budapest has far fewer, but much
longer trams because they don't operate so close together because of the
stubbed system, whereas Prague with its looped system has 2.5 times as many
trams, but 30 metres long and much more intense frequencies. Budapest
retained its trolleybus system, whereas Prague is only just reinstating its
system. Both have huge bus operations, as well as metro. In both cities,
metro transports the most passengers, but in Prague, trams are the second
biggest carrier and buses third, while in Budapest buses are second and
trams third.
Tony P
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On Saturday, 3 June 2023 at 16:45:23 UTC+10 pn1 wrote:
> Good to hear Michael. My partner and I are yet to experience Budapest but
> it’s on the bucket list.
>
> I always enjoy reading of others’ “tramway adventures”.
>
> Paul in Melbourne
>
> On 3 Jun 2023, at 15:46, Michael Lewis mdlew...@...> wrote:
>
> I've been in Budapest, Hungary, for the last few days. My wife and I and
> her local cousin, have been using our 72 hour travel passes to experience
> the multiple forms of transit.
>
> We have travelled on totally rebuilt, Czech originated trams, on Siemens,
> Alstoms, on many locally built or adapted, others, and seen the latest CAF
> in operation. We have used buses, small and large, trolley buses, metros,
> old and new, and the outer suburban, "light rail" - using East German built
> trains. EVERY mode operates with incredible frequency and speed. Extremely
> efficient with enormous patronage with very many change points from line to
> line and mode to mode. At each change point, there is almost always, the
> next mode arriving immediately. The contrast to Sydney is stark. It does
> help that the largely 19thC, new, city was laid out with broad streets. The
> tram lines are separated from the roadways by lines of semi spherical
> cobbles to keep the cars out. The speed of operation, in both real reserved
> track - a very large part - and on the streets, would have Australian
> safety operators cringing in horror. There are currently several metros,
> which are built as separate lines, with crossover centres at key stations.
> Their operation is virtually separate from each other, making the point of
> interoperability largely irrelevant. It is a massive success story from
> both an operational and public - usefulness, point of view. And,
> announcements and signage are in Hungarian and English. It well worth
> visiting.
>
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