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The trams type P

Altought today München is a city with a lots of low-floor trams, there are still some old trains with a motor car and a trailer, called by MVG type P. Here one of them (P 3.16 2019 + p 3.17 3013) in Johannisplatz. August 10th 2003.

The trams type P were built in 1966-68 by Rathberger, AEG and BBC. They are four-alxe articulated motor cars (P, numbers from 2003 to 2044) and trailers (p, numbers from 3003 to 3040) with two bodies on two bogies, a scheme used on a great number of cars in Germany and Eastern Europe.

Type P tecnical characteristics
Type	P 3.16	p 3.17
Year	1967-69	1967-69
Original amount	42	38
Present amount	few	few
Classification	2003-2044	3003-3040
Length	16 700 mm	16 700 mm
Width	2 350 mm	2 350 mm
Height	3 180 mm	3 180 mm
Mass	23 300 kg	16 200 kg
Seat places	40	40
Stand places	111	111
Body builder	Rathberger	Rathberger
Axles	4	4
Engine amount	4	–
Total power	320 kW	–

Trams very similar to the München P are used in Bremen and, until the discontinuing of the tramway system on July 30th 1982, in Bremenhaven. Old Bremen and München trams run in Timisoara (Romania).

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An ex München P + p train in Timisoara: motor car 2039 with a trailer in Piata Traian in Summer 2003. Photo © Németh Zoltán Ádám, from the page Timisoara.

Today only the suburban route 25 Max-Weber-Platz (Johannisplatz) – Grünwald is operated by these trams, always with the P + p scheme, together with the most modern R 3.3 units.

All these photos were taken on August 10th 2003, when I saw only two trains in service: 2012 + 3012 and 2019 + 3013.

	The train 2019 + 3013 has just arrived in the passing loop in Johannisplatz, the city terminus of route 25. In the background the R 2.2 car 2168 in service on route 15 to Großhesseloher Brücke.
	Another view of the same train in the same place, this time from the rear.
	In Franziskanerstraße there is a beautiful section of the line 15-25 bordered with tall trees, the last extension of the network inaugurated on November 11th 1997. The train 2019 + 3013 is running toward Grünwald.
	The train 2012 + 3012 running on the quasi-grand union at Ostfriedhof stop, heading to Grünwald. Before of November 11th 1997, route 25 trams came from right, from the reversing loop in Sankt-Martin-Platz.
	The same train has just arrived at Südtirolerplatz stop...
	... After some second, it resumes the run to Johannisplatz.
	The train 2019 + 3013 is running at full speed in Geiselgasteigstraße between Krankenhaus Harlaching and Theodolindenplatz stops.
	The stops in Geiselgasteigstraße have beautiful old wooden shelters, like this at Menterschwaige with the train 2012 + 3012 ready to leave to Grünwald.