Trams in Braunschweig

The Braunschweig tramway (German: Straßenbahn Braunschweig) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Braunschweig, a city in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Straßenbahn Braunschweig
An Alstom NGT8D tram in the Bohlweg, 2009.
Operation
Locale	Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
Horsecar era: 1879 (1879)–ca. 1897 (1897) Status Converted to electricity Track gauge 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in) Propulsion system(s) Horses
Electric tram era: since 1897 (1897) Status Open Lines 6 Operator(s) Braunschweiger Verkehrs-AG Track gauge 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in) Propulsion system(s) Electricity Electrification 600 V DC wire Route length 39.62 km (24.62 mi) Website Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH (in German)

Opened in 1879, the network has been operated since its inception by the company now known as Braunschweiger Verkehrs GmbH (formerly Braunschweiger Verkehrs-AG), and is integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Region Braunschweig [de] (VRB).

Line	Termini	Route	Notes
1	Stöckheim [de] – Wenden [de]	Stöckheim – Melverode – (Heidberg) – Hauptbahnhof – Rathaus – Hamburger Straße – Stadion – Rühme - Wenden	In late evenings going via Heidberg so line 2 does not need to run
2	Heidberg [de] – Siegfriedviertel	Heidberg – Hauptbahnhof/Leisewitzstraße – Rathaus – Hamburger Straße – Siegfriedviertel	Via Hauptbahnhof; During rush hour via Leisewitzstraße with additional Trams
3	Weststadt Weserstraße – Volkmarode [de]	Weststadt Weserstraße – Donauknoten – Cyriaksring – Europaplatz – Friedrich-Wilhelm-Straße – Rathaus – Hagenmarkt - Gliesmarode - Volkmarode
4	Helmstedter Straße – Radeklint	Helmstedter Straße – Am Magnitor – Rathaus – Radeklint
5	Broitzem – Hauptbahnhof	Broitzem – Weststadt Donauknoten – Cyriaksring – Europaplatz – Friedrich-Wilhelm-Straße – Schloss – Am Magnitor – Hauptbahnhof
10	Hauptbahnhof - Rühme	Hauptbahnhof – Rathaus – Hamburger Straße – Stadion – Rühme	On schooldays between approximately 06:00 and 19:00

Around 88,000 to 100,000 passengers use the trams on a daily basis.^[1]

The fastest line in the network is line 1 with an average speed of 33 km/h. The overall average speed of the network is 24.6 km/h. ^[2]

See also

• List of town tramway systems in Germany
• Trams in Germany

References

1. "ÖPNV in einer wachsenden Großstadt: Stadtbahnausbaukonzept für Braunschweig" [Public transport in a growing city: Light rail expansion concept for Braunschweig] (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-21.
2. http://osmtrainroutes.bplaced.net/?id=2777015&train=BR101IC

• Höltge, Dieter (1992). Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland [Tramways and Stadtbahnen in Germany] (in German). Vol. Band 2: Niedersachsen/Bremen [Volume 2: Lower Saxony/Bremen] (2nd ed.). Freiburg i. B., Germany: EK-Verlag. ISBN 3882553367.
• Höltge, Dieter (2004). Die Braunschweiger Straßenbahn: Personen-Nahverkehr in Braunschweig [The Braunschweiger Tramway: Local Passenger Transport in Braunschweig] (in German) (2nd ed.). München: GeraMond-Verlag. ISBN 376547195X.

External links

•   Media related to Trams in Braunschweig at Wikimedia Commons
• Track plan of the Braunschweig tram system
• Braunschweig database / photo gallery and Braunschweig tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
• Braunschweig database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.

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