All Light Rail / Tramway articles – Page 10
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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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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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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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Naumburger Straßenbahn GmbH
Opened in 1882, Germany’s shortest urban tramway is just 2·9 km long. Although the network was closed in 1991, services around the eastern part of the ring line were restored in 2007. In December 2017 a 400 m extension to Salztor was opened, and in 2018 the line was extended ...
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Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge GmbH (RVSOE)
Opened in 1898, the Kirnitzschtalbahn runs as an in-road tramway up the valley from Bad Schandau to the Lichtenhain waterfall, primarily for tourists. The former Oberelbische Verkehrsgesellschaft Pirna-Sebnitz mbH (OVPS) merged with Regionalverkehr Dresden GmbH on January 1 2019 forming Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge GmbH (RVSOE). AddressBahnhofstraße 14aPirna01796 PirnaSachsenGermanyPhone+49 3501 7920Fax+49 ...
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moBiel GmbH
Light rail/tram network of 4 routes, serving 62 stops. See Bielefeld network map. The city’s street tramway was upgraded from 1978-91 with city-centre tunnels and seven underground stations, and many surface sections on segregated track. Line 4 to Lohmannshof was opened in 2002, and Line 2 was extended from Milse ...
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Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (RNV)
Extensive network of urban and interurban light rail routes in and between three cities; 20 routes serving more than 180 stops. See Mannheim/Ludwigshafen/Heidelberg network map. Created in 2005, RNV is a merger of the public transport operators in Mannheim (MVV), Ludwigshafen (VBL) and Heidelberg (HSB), plus the OEG and the ...
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Transports Publics Genevois (TPG)
The once-extensive tram network was reduced to a single trunk route after 1969, but new lines and extensions have since been opened to form a five-route network. On May 2 2011 a 2·5 km branch west from Jardin-Alpin-Vivarium to CERN near the French border opened. On December 15 2019 an ...
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Stadtverkehrsgesellschaft mbH Frankfurt/Oder (SVF)
First line opened 1898. Conventional tramway radiating to the northwest, west and southwest, operated as five routes with 42 stops. AddressBöttnerstraße 115232 Frankfurt/OderGermanyPhone+49 335 56486 0Fax+49 335 56486 69Emailsvf.mbh@svf-ffo.deWebsitewww.svf-ffo.de Traffic Passenger journeys8·5 million (all modes)Information year2019 Network data Gauge1000 mmLength19·5 kmElectrification19·5 km - 600 V DCRolling ...
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Metro Express (Mauritius)
Opened 2019; single line with branch, serving 22 stops. Preparatory work for a light rail line from Port Louis south to Curepipe began in March 2017 with the main construction contract signed on July 31 2017. Phase 1 from Port Louis Victoria as far as Rose Hill Central opened on ...
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Nottingham Express Transit (NET)
Opened in 2004; two-line network serving 51 stops In December 1998 government approval was given for construction of an initial “Y”-shaped line south from Hucknall and Phoenix Park to the city centre (14 km, 23 stops) opened on March 9 2004. In 2011 the Tramlink Nottingham consortium won the concession ...