page_title: Poznań Fast Tram
section_title: Present day
hierarchical_section_title: Poznań Fast Tram / Present day
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Dawna pętla PST, Poznań
context_page_description: Poznański Fast Tram is a 8.1-kilometre stretch of grade-separated tram/light rail line in Poznań, Poland. The tracks are set in a cutting or on an overpass, switches allowing to drive on adjacent tracks. The stops, resembling railroad stations, have a different colour scheme each. This tram line was created as an alternative to a more expensive metro. The PST, opened in 1997, links the densely populated northern districts of Winogrady and Piątkowo with the city centre. It is served by lines 12, 14, 15 and 16, as well as by the night line N201.
context_section_description: The line opened on February 1, 1997. Travel times between the northern districts and the centre decreased from about 40 minutes to some 10–15 minutes. This, combined with limited and paid parking space in the centre, contributed to the huge success of the line, with overcrowding at peak times.  In 1999, another service (no. 16) was added, but the capacity of the operation is reaching its limits. With the new line 16, trams run every 2.5 minutes at peak times, and as the line has not been fitted with a train protection system, for safety reasons there cannot be any more trams per hour than there are now.
  The trams suffered from vandalism and from a lack of security. These problems, however, diminished when surveillance cameras were installed. The project has had a very positive impact on the communities it serves, making them more attractive for investors, and stopping depopulation.
  Some institutions and companies served by the tram, listed by station, include:
  (those marked by a plus (+) have moved in the general area after the opening of the line):
  Słowiańska (green) — student dormitories, Courts of Law (+)
  Al. Solidarności (previously Serbska; yellow) — 3 supermarkets (+), a large office building (+)
  Lechicka/Poznań Plaza (previously Lechicka; blue) — a supermarket (+), Poznań Plaza shopping mall (+)
  Kurpińskiego (orange) — a bank (+), a small supermarket, a clinic
  Szymanowskiego (red) — a supermarket (+), and a large development of modern apartment blocks
  Osiedle Jana III Sobieskiego (terminus) — Adam Mickiewicz University campus
caption: PST northern terminus, Os. Jana III Sobieskiego
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