Trams in Nuremberg
A GT8N tram in Friedrich-Ebert-Platz, 2012.
A GT6N tram in Friedrich-Ebert-Platz, 2012.
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The Nuremberg tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Nürnberg) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Nuremberg, a city in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany.
The network is operated by de (VAG), which is a member of the VGN (Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg or Greater Nuremberg Transport Network).
As of 2013[update], the network consisted of five lines,[1] running on a total operational route length of 33 kilometres (21 mi).[3] The network carried 39.152 million passengers annually.
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History
The first horse-drawn tramline opened in Nuremberg on 25 August 1881.[4]
Electrification came to the system when the first electric tramline opened on 7 May 1896.[4] The entire system was electrified on 20 July 1898.[4] Until the 1990s the track gauge was 1,432 mm (4 ft 8 3⁄8 in).
Lines
The Nuremberg tramway network operated on six lines until 2011,[3] when two tram lines were joined.
The network is made up of 96 kilometres (60 mi) of track,[2] with a total route length of 37 kilometres (23 mi),[2] of which 33 kilometres (21 mi)[2] is operational route. Of the tram's operational route, 41% is tramline segregated from other traffic, with the other 59% representing trams operating in the street with other automobile traffic.[2]
The Nuremberg tramway network is made up of the following five lines:[1]
Line | Route (crossing points and termini) | Stops |
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4 | Gibitzenhof – Landgrabenstraße – Hallertor – Friedrich-Ebert-Platz – Thon | 15 |
5 | Tiergarten – Mögeldorf – Marientunnel – Hauptbahnhof - Aufseßplatz - Frankenstraße - Südfriedhof | 26 |
6 | Doku-Zentrum – Dutzendteich – Schweiggerstraße – Christuskirche – Landgrabenstraße – Hallertor – Westfriedhof | 22 |
8 | Tristanstraße - Hauptbahnhof – Rathenauplatz – Erlenstegen | 17 |
9 | Doku-Zentrum – Wodanstraße – Schweiggerstraße – Hauptbahnhof | 9 |
Expansion plans
Currently (2016) an extension of line 4 from Thon to am Wegfeld is under construction (as indicated in the map above). After a 2016 ballot measure in Erlangen, that section is planned to be extended to Erlangen and from there to Herzogenaurach in a roughly L-shaped line. Herzogenaurach previously had a connection to mainline rail, but it was shut down in the 1980s, leaving it one of southern Germany's biggest cities without a rail connection.
See also
References
Notes
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Nürnberg database / photo gallery and Nürnberg tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
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