Trams in Leipzig

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Leipzig tramway network
Leipzig NGT12-LEI Waldplatz defekt.jpg
Trams at Waldplatz, near Red Bull Arena
Operation
LocaleLeipzig, Saxony, Germany
hideHorsecar era: 1872 (1872)–1897 (1897)
Status Converted to electricity
Operator(s) Leipziger Pferde-Eisenbahn (LPE)
Track gauge 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+1332 in)
Propulsion system(s) Horses
hideElectric tram era: since 1896 (1896)
Status Operational
Operator(s) Große Leipziger Straßenbahn (GLSt) (1896–1938)
Leipziger Elektrische Straßenbahn (LESt)
(1896–1916)
Leipziger Außenbahn AG (LAAG) (1900–1946)
Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe
(1938–)
Track gauge 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+1332 in)
Propulsion system(s) Electricity
Electrification (?)V DC trolley wire
Route length 148.3 km (92.1 mi)
Leipzig tramway network, November 2012.
Leipzig tramway network, November 2012.
Website Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (in German)

The Leipzig tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Leipzig) is a network of tramways which together with the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland forms the backbone of the public transport system in Leipzig, a city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. Opened in 1872, the network has been operated since 1938 by Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB), and is integrated in the Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund (MDV).

With its 13 lines, route length of 148.3 km (92.1 mi) and 510 tram stops, the network is currently the third biggest in Germany, after the Cologne and Berlin tramway networks.

History[]

Rolling stock[]

As of 1 January 2020 there were a total of 245 trams and 43 trailers in regular service, consisting of the following:

  • 84 Tatra T4D-M (Typ 33c/33d/33h/33i)
  • 56 Low floor articulated trams of type NGT8 (Typ 36/36a)
  • 49 Low floor articulated trams of type NGTW6  [de; ja] (Typ 37/37a/37b)
  • 33 Low floor articulated trams of type NGT12-LEI classicXXL (Bombardier Flexity Classic) (Typ 38/38a)
  • 23 Low floor articulated trams of type NGT10 Solaris Tramino (Typ 39)
  • 43 Low floor trailers of type NB4 (Typ 68a/68b)

Gallery[]

See also[]

References[]

  • Bauer, Gerhard; Kuschinski, Norbert (1993). Die Straßenbahnen in Ostdeutschland [The Tramways in East Germany]. Band 1: Sachsen [Volume 1: Saxony]. Aachen, Germany: Schweers + Wall. ISBN 3921679796. (in German)
  • Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. pp. 94–97. ISBN 9783936573336.

External links[]

Media related to Tram transport in Leipzig at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 51°20′N 12°23′E / 51.333°N 12.383°E / 51.333; 12.383

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