Trams in Nuremberg

Nuremberg tramway network

A GT8N tram in Friedrich-Ebert-Platz, 2012. 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) de (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 (German)

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, 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

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

• (German)

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

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