Trams in Dessau

Dessau tramway network
NGT low-floor tram at main station, 2022
Operation
LocaleDessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Gas tram era: 1894 (1894)–1901 (1901)
Status Converted to electricity
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Propulsion system(s) Gas
Electric tram era: since 1901 (1901)
Status Operational
Lines 2
Operator(s) Dessauer Verkehrsgesellschaft [de]
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Propulsion system(s) Electricity
Electrification 750 V DC
Route length 11.3 km (7.0 mi)
Dessau tramway network, 2022.
Website Dessauer Verkehrsgesellschaft (in German)

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

Opened in 1894, the network has been operated since 1990 by Dessauer Verkehrsgesellschaft [de]. Since 2016 only two lines in operation, lines 1 and 3.

See also

References

  • Bauer, Gerhard; Kuschinski, Norbert (1994). Die Straßenbahnen in Ostdeutschland [The Tramways in East Germany]. Vol. Band 2: Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen [Volume 2: Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia]. Aachen, Germany: Schweers + Wall. ISBN 392167980X. (in German)
  • Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. ISBN 9783936573336.

External links

Media related to Trams in Dessau at Wikimedia Commons

  • Dessau database / photo gallery and Dessau tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
  • Dessau database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.

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