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Cottbus tramway network
Cottbus tramway network
	A KTNF6 tram on line 2.
Operation
Locale	Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany
Open	18 July 1903
Status	Operational
Lines	4
Operator(s)	Cottbusverkehr [de]
Infrastructure
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Propulsion system(s)	Electricity
Electrification	600 V DC
Stock	21 KTNF6
Statistics
Route length	20.1 km (12.5 mi)
Overview
Website	http://www.cottbusverkehr.de/ Cottbusverkehr (in German)

The Cottbus tramway (German: Straßenbahn Cottbus, Lower Sorbian: Elektriska w Chóśebuzu) 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 [de], and is integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB).

Lines

With the opening of a new transer station at Cottbus Hauptbahnhof on 22 October 2019 a new network was introduced,^[2] which comprised the following lines:

Line	Route	Journey time	Stops	Headway (Monday-Friday)	Headway (Saturday)	Headway (Sunday)
1	Schmellwitz Anger / Chmjelow Najs – Stadthalle / Měsćańska hala – Stadtpromenade / Měsćańska promenada – Hauptbahnhof / Głowne dwórnišćo	15 min	11	20 min	–	–
2	Sandow / Žandow – Stadthalle / Měsćańska hala – Stadtmuseum / Měsćański muzej – Hauptbahnhof / Głowne dwórnišćo – Jessener Straße / Jaseńska droga	17 min	12	15 min	30 min	30 min
3	Ströbitz / Strobice – Stadthalle / Měsćańska hala – Stadtpromenade / Měsćańska promenada – Madlow / Módłej	23 min	16	15 min	30 min	30 min
4	Neu Schmellwitz / Nowy Chmjelow – Stadthalle / Měsćańska hala – Stadtpromenade / Měsćańska promenada – Hauptbahnhof / Głowne dwórnišćo - Sachsendorf / Knorawa	28 min	20	10 min	15 min	30 min

Rolling stock

KTNF6

A fleet of 21 KTNF6 trams, built from 1981 until 1988, is operated in Cottbus. These were originally built as two-section high-floor KT4D trams were rebuilt during the 1990s with a low-floor central section and a new chopper control system. Of the 26 trams which were rebuilt 21 are still in service.^[1]

ForCity Plus

A procurement project for new trams was started in 2018, jointly with Frankfurt (Oder) and Brandenburg, and a contract was awarded to Škoda Transportation in 2020.^[3] Cottbus was originally to receive seven new trams but the order was increased in 2022 to a total of 22 vehicles.^[4] The first new tram was delivered to Cottbus in June 2024 and will undergo a period of testing before entering passenger service.^[5]

The new trams are designated ForCity Plus 47T by the manufacturer and are three-section unidirectional vehicles with a length of 28.96 m and a width of 2.4 m. They have two fully-rotating traction bogies, one under each of the end sections, and a fixed trailer bogie under the central section. The trams are 70% low-floor and have a total capacity of 158 passengers, including 61 seats.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Kochems, Michael (May 2021). "Wo die Kurzgelenker noch surren". Straßenbahn Magazin (in German). GeraMond. pp. 32–42.
^ "Inbetriebnahme Verkehrsknoten und Fahrplanwechsel". Cottbusverkehr. 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
^ "Cottbus, Frankfurt/Oder und Brandenburg dürfen Škoda Trams bestellen" [Cottbus, Frankfurt/Oder and Brandenburg may order Škoda trams]. Urban Transport Magazine (in German). June 3, 2020. Archived from the original on August 26, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
^ "15 more streetcars from Skoda for the city of Cottbus". Sustainable Bus. 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
^ "Begrüßung der ersten neuen Skoda-Straßenbahn in Cottbus!" [Greeting the first new Skoda tram in Cottbus!] (in German). Urban Transport Magazine. 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
^ "Tram ForCity Plus Frankfurt-Cottbus-Brandenburg" (PDF). Škoda Transportation. Retrieved 2024-09-23.

Bibliography

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.