Trams in Essen

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Essen tramway network
An M8C tram at Hobeisenbrücke.
Operation
Locale Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Open 23 August 1893 (1893-08-23)
Status Operational
Lines 7
Operator(s) Essener Verkehrs-AG (de) (EVAG)
Infrastructure
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Propulsion system(s) Electricity
Electrification 750 V DC
Statistics
Route length 52.5 km (32.6 mi)
Overview
The network in 2013 (dark blue: Stadtbahn (de)).
Website Essener Verkehrs-AG (EVAG) (German)

The Essen tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Essen) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Essen, a city in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Opened in 1893, the network has been operated since 1954 by Essener Verkehrs-AG (de) (EVAG), and also serves the neighbouring city of Gelsenkirchen.

The network is complemented by the three light rail lines of the Essen Stadtbahn.

Lines

As of November 2010, the network consisted of the following seven lines:

Line
Route
Headway Mon.-Fri.
Headway Sat.
Headway Sun.
101 (Bredeney – Rüttenscheid –) Essen Hbf – Bergeborbeck Bf – Borbeck Germaniaplatz 10 15 30/15
103 Dellwig Wertstr. – Borbeck – Altendorf – Rathaus Essen – Essen Hbf/Hollestraße (– Huttrop – Steele (S))1 10 15 30/15
104 MH-Flughafen – Stadtmitte – MH-Grenze Borbeck – E-Schönebeck Abzw. Aktienstr.2 10/20 15/30 30
105 Frintrop Unterstr. – Altendorf – Essen Hbf – Bergerhausen – Rellinghausen Finefraustr. 10 15 30/15
106 Altenessen Bf – Rathaus Essen – Essen Hbf – Rüttenscheid – Essen West (S) – Helenenstr. (– Bergeborbeck Bf) 10 15 15
107 Gelsenkirchen Hbf – Feldmark – E-Katernberg – Abzweig Katernberg – Zollverein – Stoppenberg – Rathaus Essen – Hollestr./Essen Hbf – Rüttenscheid – Bredeney (KulturLinie 107 (de))3/4 20/10/5 30/15 30/15
109 Frohnhausen Breilsort – Essen West (S) – Helenenstr. – Rathaus Essen – Huttrop – Steele (S) 10 15 15

Sections with shorter headways in Bold, sections with longer headways in italics.
1 During rush hour via Hollestraße to Steele, at shoulder times only to Hollestraße. and in off peak times Rathaus Essen to Essen Hbf.
2 Line is operated jointly by EVAG/MVG.
3 Line is operated jointly by EVAG/BOGESTRA (almost exclusively with EVAG rolling stock).
4 Extra services during rush hour from Rathaus Essen to Hollestraße, other services from Rathaus via Hbf. to Bredeney.

See also

==References==

  • Höltge, Dieter (1994). Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland [Tramways and Stadtbahnen in Germany]. Band 4: Ruhrgebiet - Von Dortmund bis Duisburg [Volume 4: Ruhr - from Dortmund to Duisburg]. Freiburg i. B., Germany: EK-Verlag. ISBN 9783882553345.  (German)
  • Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. pp. 52–54. ISBN 9783936573336.  (German) (English)

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Coordinates: 51°26′14″N 07°00′04″E / 51.43722°N 7.00111°E / 51.43722; 7.00111

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