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Saarbahn GmbH

Single tram-train route serving 43 stops inuagurated in 1997. The first on-street section opened October 24, 1997, with extended 1999. Dual-voltage cars now start at Sarreguemines in France operating north over SNCF/DB mainline tracks to Römerkastell, where a central section of street-running continues northwest to Ludwigstraße. From here, the line ...
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S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH

Network of 6 routes with 70 stations. See Hamburg network map. This subsidiary of DB Regio AG took over operation of Hamburg’s S-Bahn in 1997. Line S3 uses dual-voltage EMUs operating on standard overhead supply (15kV 16·7Hz) from Neugraben to Stade, with services beginning on December 6 2007. The airport ...
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S-Bahn Nürnberg GmbH

Four-route network serving 78 stations, operated by DB Regio Mittelfranken. See Nürnberg network map. The first route was line S1 to Lauf, opened in September 1987. The S-Bahn now has 75 km of segregated route. Line S4 services were extended from Ansbach to Dombühl (15·6 km, 1 reopened station) at ...
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Schöneicher-Rüdersdorfer Straßenbahn GmbH (SRS)

Opened in 1910 and electrified in 1914; single route with 20 stops. See Berlin network map. This inter-urban tramway runs from the Berlin S-Bahn and city tram network at Friedrichshagen station further east to the districts of Schöneiche and Alt-Rüdersdorf. AddressDorfstraße 1515566 Schöneiche-bei-BerlinGermanyPhone+49 30 654 86831Fax+49 30 654 86844Emailinfo@srs-tram.deWebsitewww.srs-tram.de ...
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Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Zwickau GmbH (SVZ)

First line opened 1894. Network comprises four radial route with 37 stops, run as two service routes. The line south from Zwickau Zentrum to Stadthalle (1·7 km) is dual 1000 mm/1435 mm gauge, connecting to the mainline network in Schledewitz; since 1999 Vogtlandbahn RegioSprinter units have provided through services from ...
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SWK Mobil GmbH

First tram line opened 1900. Tramway network of 4 routes being modernised to light rail standards, largely on reserved track. See Krefeld on the Rhein-Ruhr network map Line U76 runs through to Düsseldorf (1435 mm gauge) and is operated by Rheinbahn; it is separate from the SWK network. AddressSWK Stadtwerke ...
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SWU Verkehr GmbH

First line opened 1897; two-line network serving 39 stops. By 1964 the former network had been cut to a single line from Söflingen to Donauhalle (4·8 km, 15 stops). In 2007 an upgrading and an extension project was approved, with the line reopened and extended northeast to Böfingen Ostpreußenweg in ...
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Thüringerwaldbahn und Straßenbahn Gotha GmbH (TWSB)

First line opened 1894. Y-shaped tramway serving Gotha, operated as three routes (7·5 km, 18 stops). TWSB also runs a long rural line southwest from Gotha to Reinhardsbrunn and Tabarz, plus a branch to Waltershausen (18·2 km, 14 stops). AddressWaltershäuser Straße 9899867 GothaGermanyPhone+49 3621 431 0Fax+49 3621 431 111Emailinfo@waldbahn-gotha.deWebsitewww.waldbahn-gotha.de ...
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ViP Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam GmbH

Opened 1880, with first electric tram in 1907; network comprises 7 routes with 67 stops. See Potsdam network map and Berlin region map. Potsdam’s network of seven radial routes has been extensively modernised to include much segregated alignment. The branch from Campus Fachhochschule north to Viereckremise opened in 2001. On ...
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Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH (VBK)

First tram route opened 1877; network operated as 6 urban tram routes, plus inter-urban and tram-train routes. Karlsruhe’s complex tram network has been upgraded with much reserved track. Interurban routes connect north to Leopoldshafen and Hochstetten (in part using a DB Netz freight line), northeast to Spöck, southeast to Bad ...
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Verkehrsbetriebe Nordhausen GmbH

First line opened 1900. Two-line tram network in the town centre serving 21 stops. An inter-urban service using dual-mode LRVs runs from the Südharz Klinikum branch of the urban network to the station before continuing north over the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH’s line to Ilfeld (Line 10: 11·4 km). AddressRobert-Blum-Straße 199734 ...
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Görlitzer Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH (GVB)

Opened 1882 with first electric tramway 1897. The remaining two routes serve 24 stops. Operations had been let on concession to Transdev, but on January 1 2019 GVB reassumed direct control. AddressZittauer Straße 71-7302826 GörlitzGermanyPhone+49 3581 3395 95Fax+49 3581 3395 15Emaileinsteigen@goerlitztakt.deWebsitewww.goerlitztakt.de Traffic Passenger journeys4·46 million (all modes)Information year2014 ...
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Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe GmbH (VVO)

VVO plans, co-ordinates and finances public transport in the Dresden area. AddressElbcenter 2 Leipziger Straße 12001127 DresdenGermanyPhone+49 351 852 65 0Fax+49 351 852 65 13Emailinfo@vvo-online.deWebsitewww.vvo-online.de
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Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar GmbH (VRN)

VRN co-ordinates provision of public transport in Mannheim and the surrounding Rhein-Neckar region. See Mannheim/Ludwigshafen/Heidelberg network map. AddressB1 3-568159 MannheimGermanyPhone+49 621 10770 174Fax+49 621 10770 170Emailinfo@vrn.deWebsitewww.vrn.de
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Woltersdorfer Straßenbahn GmbH

Opened in 1913, single tram line with 10 stops. See Berlin network map. This tramway runs east from Rahnsdorf the Berlin S-Bahn station on line S3 to Woltersdorf. AddressVogelsdorfer Straße 115569 WoltersdorfGermanyPhone+49 3362 881230Fax+49 3362 881244Emailservice@woltersdorfer-strassenbahn.deWebsitewww.woltersdorfer-strassenbahn.com Traffic Passenger journeys0·63 millionInformation year2018 Network data Gauge1435 mmLength5·6 kmElectrification5·6 ...
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Wuppertaler Stadtwerke mobil GmbH (WSW)

Suspended monorail − Wuppertaler Schwebebahn − operated on the Langen system, opened 1901; single route with 20 stations. See Wuppertal on the Rhein-Ruhr network map. The fleet of vehicles was replaced in 2015-17 by Vossloh Kiepe, with power supply increased from 600 V to 750 V DC in 2016. Alstom ...
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Würzburger Straßenbahn GmbH (WSB)

First line opened 1892. Modernised tramway system, operated as 5 routes with 47 stops serving the city and south to Rottenbauer. Two extensions are planned, but work has yet to start: extension of the Grombühl loop northeast along Josef-Schneider-Straße to Oberdürrbacher Straße is planned (1·2 km, 3 stops), new ...
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Verkehrsverbund Vogtland GmbH (VVV)

ZÖV plans, co-ordinates and finances rail public transport in the Vogtland area of southwest Sachsen, northeast Bayern and southeast Thüringen. AddressGöltzschtalstraße 1608209 Auerbach/VogtlandGermanyPhone+49 3744 83020Fax+49 3744 830239Emailmail@vvvogtland.deWebsitevogtlandauskunft.de
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Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen GmbH (VMS)

ZVMS plans, co-ordinates and finances public transport in Sachsen. AddressAm Rathaus 209111 ChemnitzGermanyPhone+49 371 400 08 0Fax+49 371 488 08 99Emailinfo@vms.deWebsitewww.vms.de
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Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH (MVB)

Tram network comprises 9 routes with 124 stops. A tangential line from Südring in the southwest running east to Raiffeisenstraße was opened on August 9 2018, and this was extended further east to Warschauer Straße and the existing line on Schönebecker Straße on December 16 2020, with routes 2 and ...