Around Turin On The Historic Tram

Built in Turin in 1911 by the Diatto studio, it was put into service to strengthen a network designed to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Italian unification; it would circulate for decades and could even tow trailers.  

In the postwar years, the surviving cars were gradually withdrawn or converted into streetcars. In 1976, the 116 was restored to its 1920s condition by the ATM Central Workshop and assigned to special services.  

At the beginning of the new millennium, the tram was moved to Sassi, where it remained on static display for several years. In 2006, with the help of ATTS, it returned to the workshop for an overhaul, bringing it back into service: today it is the oldest tram in circulation in the entire Turin Historical Park.

Location: Piazza Carlina

Snow Street

First few years of my stay in Torino, it snowed around the Christmas season, on Christmas day or one day before or after. Then, it came later and later, lesser and lesser.......
This year, after waited for the whole December and January, it finally came, just one day, not much, but enough to cover up the street, of course being in the city center, the snow won't last, the next day, it was all gone.

The view from my balcony, always a pleasure to see the snow falling down from the sky....

The snow looks like sugar coating on a cake....

Tram 7

Tram 7 is an old historic restored tram which takes a circular route around the center of Turin starting from Piazza Castello. It provides a fun way to see the historic center of Turin for a normal fare of 1.50 euro.

The route it takes:
 PIAZZA CASTELLO - Via Po - Piazza Vittorio Veneto - Via Bonafous - Corso Cairoli - Corso Vittorio Emanuele II - Corso Vinzaglio - Via Cernaia - Via Pietro Micca - Via Bertola - Via XX Settembre - Corso Regina Margherita - Rondò Rivella - Viale I Maggio - PIAZZA CASTELLO.

Tram In Display

A display of an old tram is parked right in the center of Largo Verona, the cross junction of corso Regio Parco and Corso Verona.

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