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Trams at Turku - Line 2 Traditional Geocache

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Iiki: Turkuun suunnitellaan ratikoiden paluuta, joten näiden vanhojen ratikoiden aika on nyt mennä arkistoon..

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Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Trams at Turku - Line 2
Tram 2 on the end of line Tram 2 on the area  

Here is  link to Archived original cache

Series of tram caches at Turku

This is series of caches that introduce You the tramway of Turku. Tramway traffic began at 1890 as horse drawn and ended 1892. Electric tramway traffic began at the end of 1908 and lasted until 1972. There is three traditional caches at turnaround places of three different lines. In each of these there is part of a coordinate. Collect these coordinates and You can find a mystery cache: Trams at Turku – Depot.
Other caches of this series are:
Trams at Turku – Line 1
Trams at Turku – Line 3

Here has been turnaround for line 2 trams. To turn themselves, trams drove from Vanha Hämeentie to Kotimäenkatu and reversed back to Vanha Hämeentie. There is a renovation in the asphalt at Kotimäenkatu, it is the location of former rails. This was easternmost point of Turku tramlines, so here You can find one part of the longitude for maincache: Trams at Turku – Depot. Kuva / Photo © Anders Rehnström, Kuva / Photo © Jorma Rauhala

Tässä raidekartta 1949...1972

Turun liikennelaitos had great plans to expand the tracks even further. Here is the map of plans

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