Trams in Görlitz

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The Görlitz tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Görlitz) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Görlitz, a city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany.

StatusConverted to electricity
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Propulsion systemHorses
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Görlitz tramway network
Tatra KT4D no. 318 in June 2010
Operation
LocaleGörlitz, Saxony, Germany
Horsecar era: 1882 (1882)–1897 (1897)
Status Converted to electricity
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Propulsion system Horses
Electric tram era: since 1897 (1897)
Status Operational
Operators
  • Görlitzer Verkehrsbetriebe (GVB)
  • (since 2019)
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Propulsion system Electricity
Electrification 600 V DC
Stock 14 KT4D-C[1]
Route length 11.8 km (7.3 mi)
Görlitz tramway network, November 2012.
Görlitz tramway network, November 2012.
1
Neißepark
Am Wiesengrund
1 2
Köningshufen Mitte
Alexander-Bolze-Hof
Am Friedhof
Hohe Straße
Heilige Grab
Jagerkaserne
Demianiplatz
Postplatz
Hospitalstraße
Bahnhof Deutsche Bahn
Bahnhof Südausgang
Lutherstraße
Büchtemannstraße
Tierpark
J.-S.-Bach-Straße
Goethestraße
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße
Erich-Weinert-Straße
Grundstraße
Weinhübel Mitte
2
Biesnitz
Weinhübel
1
Website Görlitzer Verkehrsbetriebe (in German)
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Opened in 1882, the network has been operated since 1996 by the Verkehrsgesellschaft Görlitz (VGG), since 2019 by the Görlitzer Verkehrsbetriebe, and is integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien (ZVON).

Lines

As of 2019, the network had the following lines:[2]

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Line Route Stops Journey time Headway (rush hour) Headway (evenings)
1 Weinhübel – Bahnhof – Demianiplatz – Alexander-Bolze-Hof – Königshufen Am Marktkauf / (– Königshufen Am Wiesengrund) (the Königshufen termini alternate in the evenings) 17 24/25 min 20 min 30 min
2 Biesnitz/Landeskrone – Bahnhof – Demianiplatz – Alexander-Bolze-Hof – Königshufen Am Wiesengrund 17 24/25 min 20 min -
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On weekdays line 1 is served by coupled pairs of trams.[1]

Rolling stock

The current fleet consists of 14 KT4D trams built between 1979 and 1990. The trams were modernised during the 1990s with a chopper control system and received the designation KT4D-C.[1]

In 2019 a procurement project for new trams was launched jointly with tram operators in Leipzig and Zwickau. A contract was signed in December 2021 with LEIWAG (a consortium of HeiterBlick [de] and Kiepe Electric) and Görlitz will receive eight new 30 m long trams.[3]


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