Chopin’s “T”ram
Published 1 June 2010
Last modified 3 June 2019
The T tram line entered the rails on June 3. This year the untypical “music” inauguration was planned. During subsequent summer weekends, the Chopin’s Tram will run within the ZTM tourist line. A vintage car – type 838 – is a mobile information center about the great composer and his Warsaw.
Chopin spent the first half of his life in Warsaw but for many compatriots, he is still more associated with Żelazowa Wola or Paris. Those who will go for a ride by a tram of the line T will get to know not only places in the city connected with the composer’s youth, but they will also have the possibility of listening to the guide’s story, enjoying music and watching an art exhibition.
The Chopin’s tram is a gallery of posters from the competition “Fryderyk! Come back to Warsaw!” – they are graphic images showing the composer and his relations to Warsaw. The exhibition on windowpanes will be visible not only inside but also from the outside. In the tram passengers will listen to the Chopin’s music performed by the young pianist Krzysztof Trzaskowski played by use of the original car loudspeakers. A guide will be another attraction. Between the music pieces, he will tell about the history of Warsaw and the composer’s life.
You can get on the tram at any point of the route. Passengers will get information materials about Chopin’s places and attractions. You can punch a commemorative ticket in form of a bookmark in a vintage validating machine or by a conductor from Klub Miłośników Komunikacji Miejskiej (club of public transport enthusiasts). There is a map of places connected with the composer’s life printed on a ticket.
The Chopin’s tram is unique not only because of the vintage car. There are special information plates on the tram and a graphic creation related to the composer at sides. Timetables of the Chopin’s line T appeared at stops of public transport the tram stops at.
The Chopin’s tram runs on Saturdays and Sundays.
PL. NARUTOWICZA – Grójecka – plac Zawiszy – Al. Jerozolimskie – wiadukt mostu Poniatowskiego – most Poniatowskiego – al. Poniatowskiego – al. Zieleniecka – Targowa – al. Solidarności – most Śląsko-Dąbrowski – al. Solidarności – Okopowa – Towarowa – plac Zawiszy – Grójecka – PL. NARUTOWICZA
Departures from plac Narutowicza at 11.00 a.m., 12.30, 1.30, 2.30, 4.00 and 5.30 p.m.
The standard ZTM ticket tariff is valid in the Chopin’s tram. Paper tickets as well as tickets coded on the Warsaw City Card are honored. However, tickets on the WKM (Warsaw City Card) have to be activated previously.
From June 26, besides the Chopin’s Tram, there will be two more vintage vehicles running within the T line.
The project has been implemented in cooperation of the capital city of Warsaw, Tramwaj Warszawski (Warsaw tram). Warsaw Transport Authority and Klub Miłośników Komunikacji Miejskiej.
