List of town tramway systems in Germany
This is a list of town tramway systems in Germany by Land . It includes all tram systems, past and present. Cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.
Baden-Württemberg
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Baden-Baden
Electric
24 Jan 1910
28 Feb 1951
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Esslingen
Electric
24 May 1912
7 Jul 1944
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Esslingen – Nellingen – Denkendorf
Electric
19 Dec 1926
28 Feb 1978
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trams in Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau
Electric
14 Oct 1901
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Heidelberg
Horse
13 May 1885
7 Oct 1902
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
17 Mar 1903
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) See also: Mannheim .
Heidelberg – Schwetzingen
?
4 Jan 1974
Schwetzingen – Ketsch
Electric
12 Dec 1910
31 Mar 1938
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Walldorf (in Baden)
Horse
22 Feb 1902
21 Feb 1907
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
22 Feb 1907
1 Aug 1954
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Separate undertaking to 3 September 1945.
Wiesloch
Horse
1 Sep 1886
4 Jul 1901
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Heidelberg – Wiesloch
Electric
24 Jul 1901
16 Jun 1973
Heilbronn (am Neckar)
Electric
29 May 1897
1 Apr 1955
Original tramway closed in 1955.
Electric
2001
Heilbronn Stadtbahn : segment reopened as part of Karlsruhe Stadtbahn light rail regional system.
Trams in Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
Horse
21 Jan 1877
19 Mar 1900
Steam
16 Jul 1881
19 Mar 1900
Accumulator (storage battery)
10 Feb 1900
1903
Electric
10 Feb 1900
Karlsruhe Stadtbahn
Electric
25 Sep 1992
Light rail
Alb Valley Railway
Karlsruhe – Ettlingen – Bad Herrenalb
Steam
1 Dec 1897
1911
Electric
1 Dec 1898
Karlsruhe – Ettlingen
1 Dec 1897
Ettlingen – Bad Herrenalb
2 Jul 1898
Opened in stages, completed 2 July 1898.
Branch Busenbach – Ittersbach
10 Apr 1899
Lörrach
Electric
16 Nov 1919
31 Aug 1967
Worked by tramcars hired from Basel Switzerland tramway. Operation suspended 1 September 1939 – 11 May 1947 because of closure of border.
Trams in Mannheim/Ludwigshafen
Mannheim
Horse
2 Jun 1878
22 May 1902
Steam
6 May 1884
23 Mar 1914
Electric
10 Dec 1900
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Operated jointly with Ludwigshafen system (q.v.). See also Heidelberg.
Upper Rhine Railway Company (OGE)
Mannheim – Heidelberg
Steam
12 Dec 1887
31 Aug 1956
Electric
10 Dec 1900
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Mannheim – Heidelberg
Opened 1892. Electrified 1928–1929.
Mannheim – Weinheim
Opened 1887; electrified 1915.
Heidelberg – Weinheim
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Opened 1890; electrified 1949–1956.
Müllheim
Steam
15 Feb 1896
1913
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
7 Apr 1914
22 May 1955
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Müllheim – Badenweiler
22 May 1955
Pforzheim
Electric
1 Dec 1911
10 Oct 1964
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Ravensburg – Weingarten – Baienfurt
Steam
6 Jan 1888
12 Sep 1911
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
1 Sep 1910
1 Jul 1959
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Reutlingen
Steam
1 Nov 1899
24 Jul 1912
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
24 Jul 1912
19 Oct 1974
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Stuttgart
Horse
28 Jul 1868
28 Nov 1896
Electric
26 Sep 1895
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) First tunnel segment opened 1966.
Stuttgart Stadtbahn
Electric
28 Sep 1985
Light rail . Stuttgart Stadtbahn operates on standard gauge , after the previous tram system was converted from metre gauge .
Bad Cannstatt
Electric
20 Jul 1899
Separate undertaking to 1 January 1919.
Feuerbach
Electric
30 Dec 1926
Separate undertaking to 1 January 1934.
Rack tramway
Steam
23 Aug 1884
1907
Electric
1 May 1904
Trams in Ulm
Ulm (an der Donau)
Electric
15 May 1897
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Trams in Augsburg
Augsburg
Horse
8 May 1881
31 Aug 1898
Steam
12 Sept 1886
15 June 1887
Electric
1 Sep 1898
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Bamberg
Electric
1 Nov 1897
10 June 1922
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Hof (an der Saale)
Electric
5 Aug 1901
14 Nov 1922
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Ingolstadt (an der Donau)
Horse
10 Nov 1878
3 Mar 1921
(Electric)
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Construction on tramway started, but not completed (c.1914).
Landshut (in Bayern)
Horse
1 July 1902
1913
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
15 Jan 1913
18 Mar 1945
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Closed because of war damage.
Trams in Munich (owned by MVG )
Munich (München)
Horse
21 Oct 1876
1 Nov 1900
Steam
9 Jun 1883
15 Jul 1900
Accumulator (storage battery)
1 Jul 1886
17 Jul 1895
Electric
23 Jun 1895
Trams in Nuremberg
Nuremberg (Nürnberg)
Horse
25 Aug 1881
20 Jul 1898
Electric
7 May 1896
Gauge: 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+ 3 ⁄8 in ) (formerly, since converted to standard gauge)
Nuremberg – Fürth
Steam
7 Dec 1835
31 Oct 1922
Bayerische Ludwigsbahn , Nürnberg – Fürth, first railway in Germany.
Electric
?
21 Jun 1981
Express tramway, built on alignment of closed railway (Ludwigsbahn ). Closed, together with remaining tramway lines in Fürth, because of U-Bahn (metro) construction.
Regensburg
Electric
21 Apr 1903
1 Aug 1964
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Schweinfurt
Horse
5 May 1895
31 Jan 1921
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trams in Würzburg
Würzburg
Horse
8 Apr 1892
4 Oct 1900
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
30 Jun 1900 18 Sep 1924
20 Apr 1920
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Reopened as a new undertaking (in 1924); see also: Trams in Würzburg .
Berlin
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Trams in Berlin (owned by BVG )
Berlin
Horse
22 Jun 1865
8 Dec 1907
Steam
5 May 1886
1919
Accumulator (storage battery)
8 Feb 1895
1902
Electric
16 May 1881
Note: Berlin tramway divided into East Berlin and West Berlin systems from 16 January 1953. West Berlin tramway lines replaced by motorbus starting from 1954, with final West Berlin tram closure on 2 October 1967. (See Trams in Berlin .) Following German reunification , some tramlines have returned to the western part of the city.
Adlershof – Altglienicke
Electric
5 Jun 1909
31 Dec 1992
Separate tram undertaking to 16 April 1921.
Buchholz
Horse
9 Jul 1904
8 Dec 1907
Electric
8 Dec 1907
Separate tram undertaking to 22 July 1907.
Heiligensee an der Havel
Electric
29 May 1913
1 Jun 1958
Separate tram undertaking to 3 December 1920.
Köpenick (Cöpenick)
Horse
18 Oct 1882
11 Aug 1903
Electric
11 Aug 1903
Separate tram undertaking to 1 October 1920.
Schmöckwitz – Grünau
Petrol
9 Mar 1912
27 July 1912
The planned overhead line was not set up due to public protests regarding a ruined view of the waterfront. Higher than expected passenger numbers caused the management to change quickly its mind and to commission AEG with the installation of the overhead line.
Electric
27 Jul 1912
Separate tram undertaking to 30 September 1924.
Spandau
Horse
5 Jun 1892
17 Mar 1896
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
18 Mar 1896
27 Oct 1907
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Converted to standard gauge .
Electric
28 Oct 1907
2 Oct 1967
Converted from metre gauge .
Electric
18 Mar 1896
2 Oct 1967
Separate undertaking by AEG to 1 August 1920.
Spandau – Nonnendamm
Electric
30 Sep 1908
2 Oct 1967
Spandau West – Hennigsdorf
Petrol
1 Aug 1923
11 Nov 1929
Electric
11 Nov 1929
_ Apr 1945
Grunewaldbahn
Steglitz
Electric
3 Dec 1905
2 May 1963
Berlin-Lichterfelde – Steglitz – Südende station – Mariendorf line
Electric
16 May 1881
14 Feb 1930
Incorporated Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway opened 1881 by Siemens & Halske , as world's first electric tramway.[citation needed ]
Berlin-Lichterfelde – Teltow – Stahnsdorf – Kleinmachnow (Canal lock)
Steam
1 Jul 1888
30 Mar 1907
Electric
30 Mar 1907
2 May 1966
Brandenburg
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Trams in Brandenburg an der Havel
Brandenburg (an der Havel)
Horse
1 Oct 1897
20 Apr 1911
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
1 Apr 1911
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Plaue (an der Havel)
Electric
24 Dec 1912
28 Sep 2002
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Separate tram undertaking to 1 October 1952.
Trams in Cottbus
Cottbus (Chóśebuz)
Electric
8 Jul 1903
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Eberswalde
Electric
1 Sep 1910
3 Nov 1940
Trams in Frankfurt (Oder)
Frankfurt an der Oder
Electric
23 Jan 1898
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) See also: Słubice, List of town tramway systems in Poland .
Guben
Electric
24 Feb 1904
8 Jun 1938
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) See also: Gubin, List of town tramway systems in Poland .
Jüterbog
Horse
21 Mar 1897
29 Jul 1928
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Küstrin
Electric
16 May 1927
30 Jan 1945
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) See also: Kostrzyn nad Odrą;, List of town tramway systems in Poland .
Trams in Potsdam (owned by ViP )
Potsdam
Horse
11 May 1880
1 Sep 1907
Electric
2 Sep 1907
Schöneiche (bei Berlin)
Petrol
28 Aug 1910
30 May 1914
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
30 May 1914
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Strausberg Railway
Strausberg
Steam
17 Aug 1893
15 Mar 1921
Electric
18 Mar 1921
Werder (an der Havel)
Horse
27 Jul 1895
7 Aug 1926
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Woltersdorf Tramway
Woltersdorf (bei Berlin)
Electric
17 May 1913
Bremen
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Trams in Bremen
Bremen
Horse
4 Jun 1875
31 Oct 1911
Electric
22 Jun 1890
Bremerhaven
Horse
26 Jun 1881
28 Aug 1908
Accumulator (storage battery)
21 Aug 1898
31 Jul 1908
Electric
4 Jun 1908
30 Jul 1982
Hamburg
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Trams in Hamburg
Hamburg
Horse
16 Aug 1866
18 Dec 1922
Steam
13 May 1878
22 Jun 1897
Electric
5 Mar 1894
1 Oct 1978
Hamburg is the only major German city with only a U-Bahn (Hamburg U-Bahn ), but no extant tram or light rail system. The Hamburg tram network was one of oldest and largest in Germany and largest closed system.
Hamburg-Harburg
Electric
30 Sep 1899
24 Sep 1975
Alt-Rahlstedt – Volksdorf
Electric
30 Oct 1906
15 Apr 1923
Town tramway service on local railway (kleinbahn ).
Altona – Blankenese
Electric
26 Aug 1899
9 Nov 1921
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Bad Homburg (vor der Höhe)
Electric
26 Jul 1899
31 Jul 1935
Served by line of Frankfurt am Main system to 1971 (this line was upgraded to the Frankfurt U-Bahn line that serves Bad Homburg).
Trams in Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Horse
25 Aug 1886
31 Mar 1922
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
24 Nov 1897
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Eltville – Schlangenbad
Steam
20 Jun 1895
17 Mar 1933
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trams in Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am Main
Horse
19 May 1872
17 Jun 1904
Steam
1 Sep 1888
13 Jul 1929
Accumulator (storage battery)
1 Jan 1897
9 Sep 1900
Electric
18 Feb 1884
Offenbach am Main
Horse
10 Apr 1884
28 Oct 1906
Electric
27 Oct 1906
3 Nov 1963.
Operated as part of Trams in Frankfurt , 31 March 1907 – 3 November 1963. Offenbach am Main served by line of Trams in Frankfurt to 1 June 1996.
Gießen
Electric
20 Nov 1909
31 Mar 1953
Hanau
Electric
15 Jun 1908
18 Mar 1945
Closed because of war damage.
Trams in Kassel
Kassel
Steam
9 Jul 1877
10 May 1899
Horse
27 Apr 1884
28 Feb 1899
Electric
14 Dec 1898
See also: Kassel RegioTram .
Kassel – Wolfsanger
Horse
24 Sep 1897
20 Oct 1911
Electric
20 Oct 1911
Herkulesbahn
Kassel – Palmenbad , Brasselsberg , Herkules , Hohes Gras
Electric
27 Apr 1903
12 Apr 1966
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Marburg (an der Lahn)
Horse
1 Oct 1903
10 Oct 1911
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
28 Nov 1911
17 May 1951
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Wiesbaden
Horse
16 Aug 1875
14 Aug 1900
Steam
18 May 1889
27 Aug 1900
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
16 May 1896
30 Apr 1955
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) See also: Mainz in List of town tramway systems in Germany#Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) .
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Bad Pyrmont
Horse
1 Jun 1879
12 Mar 1925
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Bückeburg – Bad Eilsen
Electric
1918
21 May 1966
Trams in Braunschweig
Braunschweig
Horse
11 Oct 1879
24 Sep 1904
Gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+ 5 ⁄16 in )
Electric
28 Oct 1897
Gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+ 5 ⁄16 in )
Celle
Electric
1 Nov 1907
2 June 1956
Gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+ 5 ⁄16 in )
Cuxhaven
Petrol-electric (Benzolelektrisch )
6 Jul 1914
2 Aug 1914
Emden
Electric
23 Feb 1902
30 Apr 1953
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Göttingen
(Electric)
Construction on tramway started, but not completed (1914).
Hanover
Horse
16 Sep 1872
1897
Accumulator (storage battery)
10 Sep 1895
20 Nov 1903
Electric
19 May 1893
Converted to light rail – see: Hanover Stadtbahn
Hanover – Hildesheim
Electric
22 Mar 1899
16 Aug 1959
Hildesheim
Electric
7 Aug 1905
22 Mar 1945
Closed because of war damage.
Osnabrück
Electric
31 Jan 1906
29 May 1960
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Wilhelmshaven
Electric
17 Mar 1913
30 Mar 1945
Closed because of war damage.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Trams in Aachen
Aachen
Horse
26 Dec 1880
10 Sep 1897
Caustic soda (Natronmotor )
Jun 1884
Mar 1885
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
15 Jul 1895
29 Sep 1974
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Eschweiler
Electric
1897
6 Oct 1969
Stolberg
Electric
1898
8 Jan 1967
Bad Salzuflen
Horse
1 July 1909
1924
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Bad Salzuflen – Schötmar
Horse
15 Jun 1912
1915
Bielefeld Stadtbahn
Bielefeld
Electric
20 Dec 1900
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Converted to light rail in 1991.
Düren
Steam
1 Apr 1893
1913
Electric
20 Nov 1913
30 June 1965
Dürener Kreisbahn
Düren – Nörvenich – Besenich
Electric
6 Oct 1908
30 April 1963
Nörvenich – Besenich closed 31 January 1960. Düren – Nörvenich closed 30 April 1963.
Gummersbach
Electric
1 Oct 1915
4 Oct 1953
Herford
Steam
10 Aug 1900
10 May 1932
Electric
26 June 1930
22 April 1966
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Kleve
Electric
1 Oct 1911
31 Mar 1962
Minden (in Westfalen)
Steam
7 Sep 1893
7 Dec 1920
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
9 Dec 1920
29 Dec 1959
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Münster (in Westfalen)
Electric
14 July 1901
25 Nov 1954
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Paderborn
Electric
11 Nov 1900
27 Sep 1963
Detmold
Electric
1 Mar 1900
15 Aug 1954
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Separate undertaking to 1920.
Plettenberg
Steam
25 May 1896
1 Jan 1959
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Rees – Empel
Steam
5 Sep 1897
1914
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
28 Feb 1915
30 Apr 1966
Wesel – Rees – Emmerich (am Rhein)
Electric
25 May 1914
30 Apr 1966
Siegen
Electric
14 Nov 1904
31 Aug 1958
Siegen – Kreuztal
Electric
14 Nov 1904
29 May 1952
Ruhrgebiet (Ruhr Area) towns in geographic order, west to east:
Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Region) and Bezirksregierung Arnsberg (Arnsberg Region) towns not tabulated above, in geographic order, west to east:
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Mönchengladbach
Horse
10 Aug 1881
14 Feb 1900
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
15 Feb 1900
15 Mar 1969
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Lines extended to Rheydt (10 August 1881 – 5 October 1968). Connected with Krefeld system.
Rheydt
Horse
10 Aug 1881
14 Feb 1900
Electric
15 Feb 1900
31 Jan 1959
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trams in Krefeld
Krefeld
Steam
3 May 1883
18 Sep 1901
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Horse
11 May 1883
6 Apr 1901
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
30 Oct 1901
Krefeld lines extended to:
Mönchengladbach (Neuwerk
1910
8 Mar 1954
Now closed.
Moers
1918
2 Nov 1962
Now closed.
Trams in Dusseldorf
Düsseldorf
Horse
6 Feb 1876
21 Jun 1900
Steam
5 Aug 1901
30 Apr 1902
Electric
27 Jan 1896
Lines extend to Neuss (27 December 1901 – ). First tunnel segment opened 4 October 1981. See also Rheinbahn ; link to English-language page.
Düsseldorf Stadtbahn
Electric
6 Aug 1988
Light rail
Düsseldorf – Duisburg
Electric
31 Oct 1899
New alignment opened 1 May 1926.
Düsseldorf – Moers
Electric
1911
20 Oct 1958
Düsseldorf – Krefeld
Electric
15 Dec 1898
Mettmann
Electric
19 Jul 1909
17 May 1952
Düsseldorf (Benrath ) – Solingen (Ohligs)
Electric
1899
15 Apr 1962
Düsseldorf (Benrath ) – Wuppertal (Vohwinkel)
Steam
1899
1900
Electric
1900
7 May 1961
Neuss
Electric
24 Dec 1910
7 Aug 1971
Served by Trams in Düsseldorf system (21 December 1901 – )
Solingen
Electric
1 July 1897
15 Nov 1959
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Solingen lines extended to:
Wuppertal (Vohwinkel)
1899
1 Oct 1958
Now closed.
Solingen (Ohligs)
19 Nov 1898
1 Aug 1953
Now closed.
Burg am der Wupper
1908
12 Oct 1959
Now closed.
Remscheid
Electric
9 Jul 1893
10 Apr 1969
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Remscheid lines extended to:
Burg am der Wupper
12 Jul 1900
31 Jul 1960
Now closed.
Wuppertal (Cronenfeld)
1901
30 Apr 1965
Worked jointly with Wuppertal system, now closed.
Wuppertal
Horse
10 Apr 1874
5 Feb 1896
Steam
28 May 1891
3 Apr 1903
Electric
16 Apr 1894
30 May 1987
Towns of Barmen , Eberfeld and several neighboring towns were amalgamated at 1929 as Wuppertal.
Barmer Bergbahn
Rack tramway (zahnradbahn ), Barmen – Toelleturm
Electric
16 Apr 1894
4 Jul 1959
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Wuppertal lines extended to:
Velbert – Essen (Werden)
15 Mar 1899
1 Feb 1952
Now closed.
Essen (Steele)
24 Nov 1907
16 Apr 1954
Now closed.
Sprockhövel – Hattingen
1907
30 Nov 1953
Now closed.
Schwelm – Milspe
7 Aug 1896
3 May 1969
Schwelm – Milpse segment, 18 January 1907 – 28 September 1964. Now closed.
Remscheid
15 Aug 1901
16 Jun 1954
Now closed.
Solingen
4 Aug 1914
3 May 1969
Now closed.
Wülfrath
19 Jul 1909
1 Jun 1952
Now closed.
Mettmann
19 Jul 1909
17 May 1952
Now closed.
Ennepetal (in Westfalen)
Electric
24 Feb 1907
31 Mar 1956
Ennepetal lines extended:
Gevelsberg – Milspe - Voerde
24 Feb 1907
31 Mar 1956
Now closed.
Gevelsberg – Haßlinghausen
19 May 1909
31 Mar 1956
Now closed.
Hagen
Horse
13 Nov 1884
1 Jul 1898
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Accumulator (storage battery)
7 Jan 1895
20 Dec 1902
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
18 Nov 1896
29 May 1976
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Hagen lines extended to:
Gevelsberg
12 Apr 1900
26 July 1953
Now closed.
Hagen (Hohenlimburg)
8 May 1900
15 Sep 1968
Now closed.
Eckesey
Horse
7 Jul 1895
189_
Accumulator (storage battery)
1 Jul 1898
20 Oct 1900
Electric
21 Oct 1900
26 May 1974
Hagen (Haspe) – Voerde – Breckerfeld
Steam
1 May 1903
1927(?)
Opened in stages to 1906. Passenger service withdrawn 1921, restored 1926.
Electric
9 Dec 1927
2 Nov 1963
Separate tram undertaking to 1926.
Iserlohn
Electric
4 Mar 1901
31 Dec 1959
Note for Rheydt: Amalgamated with Mönchengladbach from 29 July 1929 to 31 July 1933, and again from 1 January 1975.
Note for Mettmann: Line extended Düsseldorf (Auf der Hardt) – Mettmann (closed 9 December 1936) – Wülfrath (closed 14 May 1938) – Tönisheide (closed 14 May 1938), and Mettmann – Wieden (closed 17 May 1952). Separate undertaking to 1 April 1937.
Note for Wuppertal: Town tramway system ranked as fifth-largest in Germany, with peak system length of 175 kilometres (109 mi), c.1948.
Bezirksregierung Köln (Cologne Region) towns in geographic order, north to south:
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Opladen – Lützenkirchen
Electric
9 Apr 1914
11 Jul 1955
Köln – Opladen – Solingen (Ohligs) / Solingen (Höhscheid)
Electric
22 Jul 1911
10 Jul 1955
Cologne (Köln)
Horse
28 Apr 1877
22 May 1907
Steam
13 Nov 1893
1914
Electric
15 Oct 1901
First tunnel segment opened, and converted to light rail , in 1968.
Cologne Stadtbahn
Electric
11 Oct 1968
Light rail
Wahn, Cologne
Electric
6 May 1917
1 Oct 1961
Cologne, Zündorf – Troisdorf – Siegburg
Electric
19 Mar 1914
31 Aug 1965
Opened in stages, completed 1 October 1921. Closed in stages from 14 October 1963.
Rheinuferbahn
Cologne – Wesseling – Bonn
Electric
Sep 1905
Vorgebirgsbahn
Cologne – Brühl – Bonn
Electric
1 Aug 1897
Opened in stages, (Cologne – Brühl) completed 20 January 1898.
Trams in Bonn
Bonn
Horse
19 Apr 1891
24 Sep 1909
Steam
22 May 1892
12 Oct 1911
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
21 May 1902
First tunnel segment opened 22 March 1975.
Bonn Stadtbahn
Electric
1975
Light rail
Bonn – Bad Godesberg
Steam
22 May 1892
1911
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
27 Mar 1911
Tunnel segment in Bad Godesberg opened September 1994
Bad Godesberg – Mehlem
Electric
3 Oct 1911
23 Dec 1976
Bonn – Siegburg
Electric
21 Sep 1911
Bonn – Königswinter – Bad Honnef
Electric
18 Mar 1913
Königswinter – Bad Honnef segment opened 27 September 1925.
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Bad Kreuznach
Electric
11 Sep 1906
5 Jan 1953
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Bingen am Rhein
Electric
25 Feb 1906
20 Oct 1955
Idar-Oberstein
Electric
1 Oct 1900
29 Jul 1956
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Kaiserslautern
Electric
18 Dec 1916
1 Jul 1935
Gauge: unknown
Koblenz
Horse
28 May 1887
1 Oct 1899
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
17 Jan 1899
19 Jul 1967
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Horse
2 Jun 1878
23 May 1902
Electric
30 May 1902
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Operated jointly with Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg) system (q.v.).
Rhein-Haardtbahn
Ludwigshafen – Bad Dürkheim
Electric
4 Sep 1913
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Trains operate over town tramway systems in Ludwigshafen and Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg) to serve business centers and main railway stations.
Trams in Mainz
Mainz
Horse
27 Sep 1883
1 Oct 1904
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Steam
12 Aug 1891
8 Jun 1923
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
15 Jul 1904
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) See also: Wiesbaden (Hesse) .
Neuwied
Electric
29 Jul 1901
31 Oct 1950
Pirmasens
Electric
8 Jun 1905
3 Jul 1943
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trier
Horse
27 Jul 1890[ 1]
15 Jul 1905
Electric
13 Oct 1905[ 1]
14 Sep 1951[ 1]
Worms (am Rhein)
Electric
22 Dec 1906
29 Jan 1956
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Saarland
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Kirnitzschtalbahn
Bad Schandau
Electric
28 May 1898
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Operation suspended from 21 July 1969 following an accident. Operation restored from 24 July 1972.
Trams in Chemnitz
Chemnitz
Horse
22 Apr 1880
5 Feb 1894
Gauge: 914 mm (3 ft )
Electric
19 Dec 1893
6 Nov 1988
Gauge: 925 mm (3 ft 13 ⁄32 in )
Electric
8 May 1960
Converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in ) standard gauge
Chemnitz – Altchemnitz – Stollberg
Electric
15 Dec 2002
Operates over DB railway line (Würschnitztalbahn ) between Altchemnitz and Stollberg,
Döbeln Tramway
Döbeln
Horse
10 Jul 1892 9 Jun 2007
20 Dec 1926
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Closed 20 December 1926; reopened as a heritage horsecar line on 9 June 2007.
Trams in Dresden (operated by Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe )
Dresden
Horse
26 Sep 1872
25 Aug 1900
Gas
28 Jul 1894
31 Dec 1895
Gauge: 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+ 3 ⁄32 in )
Electric
6 Jul 1893
Gauge: 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+ 3 ⁄32 in )
Dresden – Bühlau
Electric
22 Aug 1899
Separate undertaking to 1926.
Dresden-Cotta – Cossebaude
Electric
27 Sep 1906
2 Dec 1990
Separate undertaking to 1926.
Lößnitzbahn
Dresden-Mickten – Zitzschewig
Electric
21 Aug 1899
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) First electric narrow-gauge railway in Saxony , later regauged. Separate tram undertaking to 1926. Initial segment, Mickten – Weißes Roß . Weißes Roß – Radebeul – Coswig reopened in stages September 1929 – May 1930. Coswig – Weinböhla reopened 14 November 1931.
Lockwitztalbahn
Dresden-Niedersedlitz – Kreischa
Electric
3 Mar 1906
18 Oct 1977
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Freiberg
Electric
11 Aug 1902
31 Dec 1919
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trams in Görlitz
Görlitz
Horse
25 May 1882
30 Nov 1897
Electric
1 Dec 1897
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) See also Zgorzelec, List of town tramway systems in Poland .
Hohenstein-Ernstthal – Oelsnitz (Erzgebirge)
Electric
15 Feb 1913
26 Mar 1960
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Klingenthal
Electric
27 May 1917
4 Apr 1964
Trams in Leipzig
Leipzig
Horse
18 May 1872
16 Apr 1897
Gauge: 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+ 13 ⁄32 in )
Electric
17 April 1896
Gauge: 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+ 13 ⁄32 in ) See Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe , Leipzig Tramway Network History .
Meißen
Electric
13 Dec 1899
1 Mar 1936
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trams in Plauen
Plauen (im Vogtland)
Electric
17 Nov 1894
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Zittau
Accumulator (storage battery)
29 Jun 1902(?)
22 Sep 1902
Gauge: 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+ 3 ⁄32 in )
Electric
14 Dec 1904
19 Nov 1919
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trams in Zwickau
Zwickau
Electric
6 May 1894
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Bernburg
Electric
1 Apr 1897
19 Apr 1921
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trams in Dessau
Dessau
Gas (Petrol?)
15 Nov 1894
24 Mar 1901
Electric
26 Mar 1901
Groß Rosenburg
Horse
3 Oct 1884
1 Oct 1922
Trams in Halberstadt
Halberstadt
Horse
28 Jun 1887
30 Apr 1903
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
2 May 1903
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trams in Halle (Saale)
Halle an der Saale
Horse
15 Oct 1882
14 May 1899
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
24 Apr 1891
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
'Halle – Merseburg
Electric
15 Mar 1902
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Separate tram undertaking to 1 May 1951.
Trams in Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Horse
16 Oct 1877
19 Dec 1899
Steam
14 Jul 1886
21 Mar 1900
Electric
18 Jul 1899
Mansfeld – Eisleben
Electric
10 Apr 1900
2 Dec 1922
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trams in Naumburg (Saale)
Naumburg (an der Saale)
Electric
18 Jun 1892
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Operation suspended 19 August 1991 due to poor track condition. Reopened for daily service as a heritage tramline in 2007. Smallest urban tramway in Germany, and one of the smallest in Europe.[citation needed ]
Schönebeck – Salzelmen
Horse
22 Jun 1886
15 Feb 1917
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Staßfurt
Electric
10 Apr 1900
31 Dec 1957
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Stendal
Horse
3 Jun 1892
14 Oct 1926
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Horse
26 Jul 1888
1921
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Zerbst
Horse
2 Nov 1891
1 Aug 1928
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Schleswig-Holstein
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Wittdün – Norddorf (Amrum island, North Frisian Islands )
Steam
1893
1 Nov 1939
Gauge: 900 mm (2 ft 11+ 7 ⁄16 in )
Electric
10 Jul 1909
_ Aug 1910
Gauge: 900 mm (2 ft 11+ 7 ⁄16 in ) Use of electric traction ended because generating station was destroyed by fire. Overhead contact system removed 1920. Operation suspended 17 October 1918 – 1920.
Flensburg
Horse
8 May 1881
30 Dec 1906
Electric
6 Jul 1907
2 Jun 1973
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trams in Kiel
Kiel
Horse
9 Jul 1881
11 Apr 1896
Gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+ 5 ⁄16 in )
Electric
12 May 1896
4 May 1985
Gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+ 5 ⁄16 in )
Lübeck
Horse
1 May 1881
19 Jun 1894
Gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+ 5 ⁄16 in )
Electric
12 May 1894
15 Nov 1959
Gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+ 5 ⁄16 in )
Schleswig
Horse
1 Jul 1890
31 Dec 1909
Electric
1 Jan 1910
26 Aug 1936
Light railway (kleinbahn ) operating under tramway (straßenbahn ) concession (from 1952–1953):
Name of System
Location
Traction Type
Date (From)
Date (To)
Notes
Altenburg
Electric
18 Apr 1895
30 Apr 1920
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Eisenach
Electric
3 Aug 1897
31 Dec 1975
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Erfurt
Horse
13 May 1883
20 Aug 1894
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Electric
1 Jun 1894
1999
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )Converted light rail
Erfurt Stadtbahn
Electric
1997
Light rail . Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trams in Gera
Gera
Electric
22 Feb 1892
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trams in Gotha
Gotha
Electric
3 May 1894
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Thüringerwaldbahn
Gotha – Waltershausen
Electric
17 Jul 1929
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trams in Jena
Jena
Electric
6 Apr 1901
Mühlhausen
Electric
21 Dec 1898
27 Jun 1969
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Trams in Nordhausen
Nordhausen
Electric
25 Aug 1900
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Weimar
Electric
4 Jun 1899
30 Jun 1937
Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
See also
References
Inline citations
^ a b c Zenz, Emil (1980). 75 Jahre Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe, 1905–1980 [75 Years of City Transit Service ]. Stadtwerke Trier. pp. 20, 96–98.
Bibliography
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