Trams in Nuremberg

Nuremberg tramway network
A GT6N tram in Friedrich-Ebert-Platz, 2012.
Operation
Locale	Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Horsecar era: 1881 (1881)–1898 (1898) Status Converted to electricity Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Propulsion system(s) Horses
Electric tram era: since 1896 (1896) Status Operational Lines 5 Operator(s) VAG Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg (VAG) Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Propulsion system(s) Electricity Electrification 600 V DC Stock 48 Route length 33 km (21 mi) Stops 76 Tramway network, 2012 Website Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg GmbH Template:De icon

The Nuremberg tramway network (Template:Lang-de) 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 VAG Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg (VAG), which is a member of the VGN (Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg or Greater Nuremberg Transport Network).

As of 2013, the network consisted of five lines, running on a total operational route length of 33 kilometres (21 mi). The network carried 39.152 million passengers annually.

History

The first horse-drawn tramline opened in Nuremberg on 25 August 1881.

Electrification came to the system when the first electric tramline opened on 7 May 1896. The entire system was electrified on 20 July 1898. 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, when two tram lines were joined.

The network is made up of 96 kilometres (60 mi) of track, with a total route length of 37 kilometres (23 mi), of which 33 kilometres (21 mi) 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.

The Nuremberg tramway network is made up of the following five lines:

Line	Route (crossing points and termini)	Stops
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

line network

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

• Nuremberg U-Bahn
• Nuremberg S-Bahn
• Trams in Germany
• List of town tramway systems in Germany

References

Bibliography

• Binder, Robert; et al. (1986). Der Stadtverkehr in Nürnberg und Fürth von 1881 bis 1981 (in German). Nürnberg: Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsstelle der VAG. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Hendlemeier, Wolfgang (1981). Handbuch der deutschen Straßenbahngeschichte (in German). Vol. 1. München. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Höltge, Dieter; Kochems, Michael (2006). Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland [Tramways and Stadtbahnen in Germany]. Vol. Band 10: Bayern [Volume 10: Bavaria]. Freiburg i. B., Germany: EK-Verlag. ISBN 388255391X. (in German)
• Klebes, Günther (1980). Die Strassenbahnen Bayerns in alten Ansichten (in German). Zaltbommel. ISBN 90-288-1197-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. pp. 110–113. ISBN 9783936573336.
• Der Nahverkehr in Nürnberg und Fürth von 1982 bis 2008 (in German) (1 ed.). Nürnberg: Jürgen Heußner. 2009. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• 125 Jahre Nahverkehr in Nürnberg (in German) (1 ed.). Nürnberg: Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsstelle der VAG. 2006. ISBN 978-3-00-018689-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Nürnberg-Fürther Straßenbahn im Wandel der Zeiten (in German) (3 ed.). Nürnberg: Freunde der Nürnberg-Fürther Straßenbahn e. V. 2005. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

Media related to Trams in Nürnberg at Wikimedia Commons

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