Ukvidek is the Hungarian name for this city in Serbia.
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Local electric power plant started delivering electricity in 1910. This was one of the requirements for the development of the electric tram. The first trams started to run the following year.[2] Initially there were 19 tram cars in the system, most of which were produced by the Ganz factory in Budapest. A couple of the cars were made in Germany. Later on, three more cars from the city of Slavonski Brod were obtained.[2] The track was 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) standard gauge.[2]
The city continued expanding as it became the center of the Danube Banovina. In 1930 the city bought three buses, which started competing for the passengers with the tram system. The bombing of a power-plant during the World War II, in 1944, knocked the tram service out of operation. The tram service was reinstated on 25 May 1945.
The trams continued to run until 1958, when they were replaced by buses. Gradually, the tracks and power distribution installation were dismantled and removed.[3][2]
A historical tram of series 50 - 52 has been preserved and is numbered as 13 now. Retro cafe Trčika at the corner of Kralja Aleksandra Street and Mihajla Pupina Bulevard near Menratova Palata house looks a little bit like an old tram, but except for the bogies, nothing comes from a rail vehicle.
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