Trams in Görlitz
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 Tatra KT4D no. 318 in June 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Locale | Görlitz, Saxony, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Görlitz tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Görlitz) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Görlitz, a city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany.
Opened in 1882, the network has been operated since 1996 by the Verkehrsgesellschaft Görlitz (VGG), since 2019 by the Görlitzer Verkehrsbetriebe, and is integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien (ZVON).
Lines[edit]
As of 2019[update], the network had the following lines:[1]
| Line | Route | Stops | Journey time | Headway (rush hour) | Headway (evenings) |
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1
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Weinhübel – Bahnhof – Demianiplatz – Alexander-Bolze-Hof – Königshufen Am Marktkauf / (– Königshufen Am Wiesengrund) (the Königshufen termini alternate in the evenings) | 17 | 24/25 min | 20 min | 30 min |
2
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Biesnitz/Landeskrone – Bahnhof – Demianiplatz – Alexander-Bolze-Hof – Königshufen Am Wiesengrund | 17 | 24/25 min | 20 min | - |
Rolling stock[edit]
The current fleet consists of 14 KT4D trams built from 1979 until 1990. The procurement of new trams is in preparation.[2]
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Set 312 in May 2015
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Tram im Takt". GVB website (in German). Görlitzer Verkehrsbetriebe. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Leipzig, Görlitz, Zwickau: Gemeinsame Straßenbahn Ausschreibung" [Leipzig, Görlitz, Zwickau: Joint tram tender]. Urban Transport Magazine (in German). May 27, 2020. Archived from the original on August 26, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
Bibliography[edit]
- Bauer, Gerhard; Kuschinski, Norbert (1993). Die Straßenbahnen in Ostdeutschland [The Tramways in East Germany]. Vol. Band 1: Sachsen [Volume 1: Saxony]. Aachen, Germany: Schweers + Wall. ISBN 3921679796. (in German)
- Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. p. 66. ISBN 9783936573336.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trams in Görlitz.
- Görlitz database / photo gallery and Görlitz tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
- Görlitz database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.
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1 Tramway lines departing from Strasbourg — 2 Tramway lines departing from Basel — 3 Tramway lines departing from Berlin | ||
