May 8th until 13th, 2012: Trams in Northern Poland. Sorry, this tour is already fully booked!

The last one in our series of four short, but feature-packed tramway tours of Poland takes us to the North of the country to the five tramway systems not yet visited in the previous three years: Torun, Gdansk, Elblag, Grudziadz, and Bydgoszcz. Our tour features several photo charters of interesting vehicles, among them heritage trams and second-hand trams from Germany. Visits to all of the tramway depots are planned not to miss any of the various interesting works cars typical for Poland. Several types of new low-floor trams are nowadays to be seen, and photographed on regular services. On the way there, and back we take short breaks in Szczecin, and in Poznan to see what has happened in these two tramway cities since our last visit in 2009. By coach from Berlin 675 €.

June 9th until 24th, 2012: Trams of Romania & Bulgaria. Sorry, this tour is already fully booked!

More than 1,000 used tram cars from two dozens of German cities, but also from Austria, Switzerland, and from the Netherlands went to Romania in the 1990s, and helped the Romanian tramways to survive in a difficult financial situation. During the last few years, after Romania had become a member of the European Union, the development of the country's trams has been controversial: four systems (of which Sibiu still operates charter trips) have unfortunately been closed, but the remaining eleven take efforts to refurbish their lines, and some of them have already got their first low-floor trams. Nevertheless the country can still be regarded as "Europe's greatest tramway museum", and it has still kept its old-fashioned charm featuring picturesque villages with lots of horse-drawn carriages on the streets. This tour features all remaining Romanian tramways plus Sofia, the only tramway city in neighbouring Bulgaria with two different gauges, and more second-hand trams from Germany, and a few trolleybuses in both countries. By air from Germany 1,980 €.

Sep. 8th until 22nd, 2012: Tramway Tour of Eastern and Southern France.

More new tramway systems have been opened in France during the last few years than in any other European country. While we were still able to visit all French tramways on a single two-week tour in 2002, we had to make it two this time. The second part takes us to the East, and to the South of the country in 2012, featuring all tramways, metros, and trolleybuses in this region. Very individual, often futurist designs of the low-floor cars in each city create much variety, as the innovative new French technologies such as the APS wire-free contact system, automatic VAL people movers, "Tram-sur-pneus", and "Tram-train" do. But we also visit tramway museums, and see heritage trams. Railway enthusiasts get the chance to tour two spectacular narrow-gauge railways, and everybody gets a good idea of the country itself, its culture, and its people as we travel by train through the countryside, and stop at nearly all major cities of the region. By train from Karlsruhe 1,850 €.

All our tours are designed especially for photographers and videographers, and provide best opportunities in small groups. English speaking tour guides are guaranteed, and as our parties are usually quite international, many of your fellow participants will also speak English. "Land only" prices are available on request in case you prefer to arrange your owntransportation.