Trams in Cottbus

Cottbus tramway network
A line 2 tram at Cottbus Hauptbahnhof.
Operation
Locale	Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany
Open	18 July 1903 (1903-07-18)
Status	Operational
Lines	4
Operator(s)	Cottbusverkehr
Infrastructure
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Propulsion system(s)	Electricity
Electrification	600 V DC
Statistics
Route length	20.1 km (12.5 mi)
Overview The network in 2013.
Website	http://www.cottbusverkehr.de/ Cottbusverkehr Template:De icon

The Cottbus tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Cottbus) is a network of tramways forming the backbone of the public transport system in Cottbus, a city in the federal state of Brandenburg, Germany.

Opened in 1903, the network has been operated since 1953 by the company now known as Cottbusverkehr.

See also

• List of town tramway systems in Germany
• Trams in Germany

References

• Bauer, Gerhard; Kuschinski, Norbert (1995). Die Straßenbahnen in Ostdeutschland [The Tramways in East Germany]. Vol. Band 3: Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [Volume 3: Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]. Aachen, Germany: Schweers + Wall. ISBN 3921679818. (in German)
• Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. pp. 32–33. ISBN 9783936573336.

External links

Media related to Trams in Cottbus at Wikimedia Commons

• Cottbus database / photo gallery and Cottbus tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.