Trams in Magdeburg

Magdeburg tramway network
An NGT8D tram in Magdeburg, 2010.
Operation
Locale	Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Horsecar era: 1877 (1877)–ca. 1899 (1899) Status Converted to electricity Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Propulsion system(s) Horses
Electric tram era: since 1899 (1899) Status Operational Lines 9 Operator(s) Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe (MVB) Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Propulsion system(s) Electricity Electrification 600 V DC Route length 60.5 km (37.6 mi) Magdeburg tramway network. Website Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe (MVB) Template:De icon

The Magdeburg tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Magdeburg) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Magdeburg, the capital city of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Opened in 1877, the network has been operated since 1999 by Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe (MVB).

See also

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

References

• Bauer, Gerhard; Kuschinski, Norbert (1994). Die Straßenbahnen in Ostdeutschland [The Tramways in East Germany]. Vol. Band 2: Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen [Volume 2: Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia]. Aachen, Germany: Schweers + Wall. ISBN 392167980X. (in German)
• Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. ISBN 9783936573336.

External links

Media related to Trams in Magdeburg at Wikimedia Commons

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