GERMANY POSTCARDS COLLECTION

TRAMCAR (Light Rail Network)

GERMANY

Operated by the Cologne Transit Authority (Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG, KVB)

One of the longest light rail networks in Germany

Back Caption: KVB, articulated tramcar 3821 crossing the river Rhine on Deutzer Brϋcke in August 1992

The light rail network operated by the Cologne Transit Authority (Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG, KVB) has a route network more than 285 km long, making it one of the longest light rail networks in Germany.

PHILIPPINE POSTCARDS COLLECTION

NBS Sn. 8-00704 175P8-061-41 (Metro Rail) MANILA, PHILIPPINES 

– Has 15 linesand 3 terminals with an averages distance of 825 meters from one station to the next.  Twenty-two trains run every 3 minutes on peak hours and fourteen trains every 5 minutes on regular hours.   Each train has two (2) coaches with a seating capacity of 160 for each coach.  It can really accommodate as many as 750.  Door opens for a duration of 30 seconds. Trip from north to south terminals, a distance of 15 kms, takes only 30 minutes.