Restaurant tram

Type of restaurant
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A restaurant tram is a tram vehicle where meals can be served in a 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 rebuild 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.

Examples

In 1976[1] the first restaurant of this type started running in Bern using a historic tramcar and trailer. In 1983[2] a business 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.[3] Milan followed; since 2005 two historic tramcars -Class 1500- from 1928 are in use as a restaurant.[4] Other cities with a restaurant tram are Brussels, The Hague, Rotterdam, Bern, Zurich, Timisoara,[5] Kolkota[6] 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,[7] four trams still had a Bistrowagen that operated every weekday early 21st century.

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References

  1. ^ "Restaurant-Tram (1935)". website Stiftung BERNMOBIL historique (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. ^ Gemina, Cody (8 November 2017). "The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant review". Good Food. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ^ Webb, Carolyn (23 November 2021). "Dream of Melbourne restaurant trams still alive for business owner". The Age. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Atmosfera – dineren in een tot rijdend restaurant omgetoverde tram in Milaan". Ciao tutti (in Dutch). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. ^ P., Mihaela (21 January 2018). "Dinner In A Tramway In Timisoara. The Only Tram-Restaurant In Romania". Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  6. ^ Singh, Shiv Shahay (13 October 2018). "Dining in Kolkata in a tramcar named 'Victoria'". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  7. ^ van 't Hoogerhuijs, Herman (2016). Metrotrams (in Dutch). p. 117. ISBN 978-90-5961-175-7.
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