Timișoara horse-drawn railway

Timișoara horse-drawn railway
Technical
Line length6,636 km (4,123 mi)
Track gauge1435

The Timișoara horse-drawn railway, opened in 1869, formed the foundation of the Timișoara tramway, which was electrified in 1899. This standard-gauge horse tramway in Timișoara, then known as Temesvár in the Kingdom of Hungary and now part of Romania, was operated by the joint-stock company Temesvári Közúti Vaspálya Társaság (TKVT), or Temesvar Street Railway Company in German. From 1897, the company was renamed Temesvári Villamos Városi Vasút Részvénytársaság (TVVV). Today, it operates as a public limited company under the name Societatea de Transport Public Timișoara (S.T.P.T.).

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