The Chemnitz tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Chemnitz) is a network of tramways forming the centrepiece of the public transport system in Chemnitz, a city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany.
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Tram Vario Car at Chemnitz Hbf, 2007. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened in 1880 as a horsecar system, the network was converted to an electrically powered system between 1893 and 1898. The network's gauge, originally 914 mm (3 ft), was widened to 925 mm (3 ft 13⁄32 in) by the outbreak of World War I. From the 1950s, the gauge was widened further, to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge, although the gauge conversion work was not completed until as late as 1988. The infrastructure is currently operated by the Chemnitzer Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (CVAG), and services are operated by them and City-Bahn Chemnitz. The system is integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen (VMS).
The city used Czechoslovak Tatra T3 trams (Tatra T3D and Tatra B3D) from 1969 until they were all decommissioned by 2019. Some were sold to Kazakhstan and Russia. In 1993, the city began using Stadler Variobahn, originally built by ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri, now made by Stadler). In 2019, new Škoda 35 T trams were delivered to the city.[1]
Lines
editAs of 10 December 2017[update], the network consists of 9 lines, as follows:
Line | Route | Stations | Operator | Notes |
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1 | Schönau ↔ Brückenstraße | 11 | CVAG | continues from Brückenstraße as line 2 to Bernsdorf |
2 | Bernsdorf ↔ Brückenstraße | 10 | CVAG | continues from Brückenstraße as line 1 to Schönau |
3 | Hauptbahnhof ↔ Technopark | 12 | CVAG | |
4 | Hutholz ↔ Hauptbahnhof (via Stollberger Straße) | 21 | CVAG | |
5 | Gablenz ↔ Hutholz (via Annaberger Straße) | 27 | CVAG | |
C11 | (Stollberg ↔) Altchemnitz ↔ Hauptbahnhof | 17 (+11) | CBC | South of Altchemnitz this line operates as a railway using Zwönitz–Chemnitz Süd railway line |
C13 | (Burgstädt ↔) Hauptbahnhof ↔ Technopark (↔ Aue) | 11 (+26) | CBC | East of Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof this line operates as a railway using Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz railway. South of Technopark this line operates as a railway using Chemnitz-Adorf railway |
C14 | (Mittweida ↔) Hauptbahnhof ↔ Technopark (↔ Thalheim) | 11 (+19) | CBC | East of Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof this line operates as a railway using Riesa–Chemnitz railway. South of Technopark this line operates as a railway using Chemnitz-Adorf railway |
C15 | (Hainichen ↔) Hauptbahnhof ↔ Technopark | 11 (+7) | CBC | East of Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof this line operates as a railway using Dresden–Werdau railway and Roßwein–Niederwiesa railway |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Chemnitz launches new Škoda For City Classic low-floor tram". Urban Transport Magazine. 26 September 2019.
- Bauer, Gerhard; Kuschinski, Norbert (1993). Die Straßenbahnen in Ostdeutschland [The Tramways in East Germany]. Vol. 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. 30–31. ISBN 9783936573336.
External links
editMedia related to Tram transport in Chemnitz at Wikimedia Commons
- Track plan of the Chemnitz tram system
- Chemnitz database / photo gallery and Chemnitz tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
- Chemnitz database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.