Kiruna Vintage Tramway |
TAM01 |
Kiruna museispårväg (Order # TAM01) A film about the last day in service before the shut-down of the vintage tramway in Kiruna. The tramway club of Kiruna, SIK operated the 1.6 km long, 1,000 mm gauge vintage tramway 1984–1993. |
The worlds most northern tramway was opened 1907 in Kiruna. The mining
company LKAB (Luossavaara–Kirunavaara AB) built the tramway so their workers
could easily commute between work and home. But times change and 1958 the
tramway shut down. The trams were getting old and cars had become more common.
Kiruna was severely affected by the depression in the
beginning of the 1980’s. The tramway club of Kiruna was founded 1982 and they
had an idea to gather and restore some of the remaining trams. With the aid of
unemployed people in a regional program some trams could swiftly be restored and
a 1.6 km long tramway was built in a new place in the southwest part of Kiruna.
It was partly built on LKAB’s grounds.
10 years later the decision to build on LKAB’s grounds
greatly contributed to the tramway shut-down. LKAB planed to enlarge their
mining area and the tramway would then come to lie in the risk area. With fewer
and fewer active members in the society they decided that 1993 was going to be
the last season in operation.
In this film you get to come along on a trip on the tramways
last day. On the return trip you get to see the line from the cab, from the end
halt Industriområdet, the meeting station Zenobia to the end halt Ön.
The DVD is subtitled in Swedish and English. Swedish narration, cover and menus. Both subtitles and narration can be switched on and off independently.
Region-free DVD-R. Playable in computers and PAL-compatible DVD-players world-wide.
Click on the images to see the Swedish cover enlarge. The text on the cover side is translated to English and that is the text you find on this web page.
TAM02 – Kiruna museispårväg TAM02 – Kiruna Vintage Tramway |
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Running time | 20 min | |
Type | DVD-R | |
Aspect ratio | 4:3 | |
Source format | S-VHS | |
Editing | Digitalt | |
Sound tracks | Swedish narration on/off | |
Subtitles | Swedish / English on/off | |
Menus | Chapter menus Narration and sound on/off |
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