Tram system in Germany
Leipzig tramway network
Locale
Leipzig ,
Saxony ,
Germany
Horsecar era: 1872 (1872 ) –1897 (1897 )
Status
Converted to electricity
Operator(s)
Leipziger Pferde-Eisenbahn (LPE)
Track gauge
1,458 mm (4 ft 9+ 13 ⁄32 in )
Propulsion system(s)
Horses
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 146 km (91 mi) and 522
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 T4 D-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
Leoliner [
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)
In 2018 Leipzig sold 20 used trams to the
Ukrainian city
Dnipro ,
to be used on its tram routes .
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Track gauge
By transport mode
By size (
list )
Minimum
Minimum
Fifteen inch
381 mm
(15 in)
Narrow
(1 ft 11+ 5 ⁄8 in)
(2 ft)
(2 ft 3 in)
(2 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in)
(2 ft 5+ 15 ⁄16 in)
(2 ft 6 in)
891 mm
900 mm
914 mm
950 mm
(2 ft 11+ 3 ⁄32 in)
(2 ft 11+ 7 ⁄16 in)
(3 ft)
(3 ft1+ 13 ⁄32 in)
Metre
1,000 mm
(3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in)
Three foot six inch
1,067 mm
(3 ft 6 in)
Four foot
1,219 mm
(4 ft)
Four foot six inch
1,372 mm
(4 ft 6 in)
1432 mm
1,432 mm
(4 ft 8+ 3 ⁄8 in)
Standard
1,435 mm
(4 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Broad
(4 ft 8+ 7 ⁄8 in)
(4 ft 9+ 3 ⁄32 in)
Leipzig gauge
1,458 mm
(4 ft 9+ 13 ⁄32 in)
Toronto gauge
1,495 mm
(4 ft 10+ 7 ⁄8 in)
(4 ft 11+ 27 ⁄32 in)
(5 ft)
1,581 mm
1,588 mm
1,600 mm
(5 ft 2+ 1 ⁄4 in)
(5 ft 2+ 1 ⁄2 in)
(5 ft 3 in)
Baltimore gauge
1,638 mm
(5 ft 4+ 1 ⁄2 in)
(5 ft 5+ 21 ⁄32 in)
(5 ft 6 in)
Six foot
1,829 mm
(6 ft)
Brunel
2,140 mm
(7 ft 1 ⁄4 in)
Change of gauge
By location
Gallery
Replica of horse tram in operation
A 1914/15 postcard depicting a tram
Some vehicles, such as this horse tram, are preserved in the tram museum
Trams are used to bring passengers to
Leipzig Trade Fair , 1972
Modern low-floor tram of the NGT12-LEI Type
Service vehicle
See also
References
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. 94–97.
ISBN
9783936573336 .
External links
Media related to
Tram transport in Leipzig at Wikimedia Commons
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