Swiss Trams & Trolleybuses - Bern Geneva

Bern is the capital of Switzerland. It is an ancient city with arcades and bridges that span the gorge of the river Aare. There are large residential and industrial areas surrounding the city centre which are served by both trams and trolleybuses. Electric trams started in 1901 and run on metre gauge track. There is also a light rail line that runs from Casinoplatz to Worb operated by RBS but shares the lines of the Bernmobil, the Bern tramway who have operated the system and the buses and trolleybuses since 2000. Our filming starts at Hirschen Graben in the city centre and then we make our way onto Kornhausplatz and Kornhausbrücke for some superb action shots of the trams passing over the bridge. After we capture more action in the capital we moved to the French speaking city of Geneva. The current tram fleet consists of older low floor Duewag cars dating from 1984, with 39 newer 100% low floor Bombardier Flexity Outlook Cityrunner trams and 32 Rail Tango Stadlertrams which are still entering service.