News 2025.07 - The first electric Trams in Graz

Back to a new century!

The Graz tramway was electrically powered from 1898. The already uniformly green set dates from the years 1900 to 1912 before the open railcars were modernised, windscreens were installed and the lyre bars gradually gave way to the more reliable scissor bars. First individually, later as a set, the Grazer Tramway brought the people of Graz into the city.

Halling

© Halling Modelle

GOT-T41-M

With the beginning of the First World War, the Graz tramway was increasingly used for freight transport. Open wooden trolleys, not unlike the HALLING models in the table below, were used to transport coal and other everyday goods within the growing city.

The models of the first electric tramway in Graz are produced as a small series based on the popular vintage tram models and do not match the large prototypes in every detail. Nevertheless, the models do a good job of reflecting the spirit of optimism of the still young city and the creative drive of the new century.

So couple a goods wagon behind your Graz set and set off into the past. But do it quickly! The last Graz small series of vintage car models is sold out, apart from a few leftovers, and will no longer be produced!

to the product