| Straßenbahn Potsdam | |||
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A "Tatra KT4" at Nauener Tor |
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| Info | |||
| Locale | Potsdam, Germany | ||
| Transit type | Tram | ||
| Number of lines | 7 | ||
| Number of stations | 63 | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | 1880 | ||
| Operator(s) | ViP | ||
| Number of vehicles | Tatra KT4, Combino, Variotram | ||
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge) | ||
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The Potsdam tram network (German: Straßenbahn Potsdam) is the tram system of the German city of Potsdam, the capital of Brandenburg. It is owned by the public citizen company Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam (ViP) and included in the fare zone "C" (Tarifbereich C)[1][2] of the Berliner public transport area.
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The network opened on 12 May 1880: It was an horsecar system owned by the society Reymer & Masch, named Potsdamer Straßenbahn-Gesellschaft and composed by a pair of lines.[3] In 1908 the network was composed by 4 lines (named from A to D) and in 1949 by 5 (named from 1 to 5).
At the end of 1950s they were introduced new streetcars models (typical during the DDR era), the Gothawagen (T57, G4-61, G4-65 and T2-62), produced in the Thuringian town of Gotha by the Gothaer Waggonfabrik.[4]
In 1980s a pair of new routes were built: in 1984 through the new residential center in Babelsberg and in 1988 from Am Stern stop to the new south-eastern residential area in Drewitz.[3] The Czech trams Tatra KT4 were introduced in 1993 and the modern Combino and Variotram in 2000s.[5]
The network consists, as of april 2010, of 7 lines:[6]
| 91 | Bhf. Pirschheide ↔ Bhf. Rehbrücke |
| 92 | Kirschallee ↔ Marie-Juchacz-Straße |
| 93 | Glienicker Brücke ↔ Bhf. Rehbrücke |
| 94 | Schloß Charlottenhof ↔ Fontanestraße |
| 96 | Viereckremise ↔ Marie-Juchacz-Straße |
| 98 | Bhf. Pirschheide ↔ Marie-Juchacz-Straße |
| 99 | Fontanestraße ↔ S Hauptbahnhof (↔ Marie-Juchacz-Straße) |