Trams in Chemnitz

Chemnitz tramway network

File:Trams at Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof - geo.hlipp.de - 5066.jpg Trams at Chemnitz Hbf, 2007.
Operation
Locale	Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Horsecar era: 1880 (1880)–1898 (1898) Status Converted to electricity Track gauge 914 mm (3 ft) Propulsion system(s) Horses
Electric tram era: since 1893 (1893) Status Operational Operator(s) de (CVAG) (since 1990) de (CBC) Track gauge 914 mm (3 ft) (1893–ca 1914) 925 mm (3 ft 13⁄32 in) (ca 1914–1950s/1988) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (since the 1950s) Propulsion system(s) Electricity Electrification 600 V DC Track length (total) 28.7 km (17.8 mi) Route length 39.97 km (24.84 mi) Map of the network, 2008. Website CVAG (German) (English) (French)

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

Opened in 1880 as a horsecar system, the network was converted to an electrically powered system between 1893 and 1898. The network's gauge, originally 914 mm (3 ft), was widened to 925 mm (3 ft ¹³⁄₃₂ in) by the outbreak of World War I. From the 1950s, the gauge was widened further, to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge, although the gauge conversion work was not completed until as late as 1988.

The network is currently operated by de (CVAG) and de (CBC).

Lines

As of 2015, the network had six lines, as follows:

Line	Route	Stations	Notes
1	de ↔ Straße der Nationen	11	continues as line 2 from Straße der Nationen to Bernsdorf
2	de ↔ Straße der Nationen	10	continues as line 1 from Straße der Nationen to Schönau
4	de ↔ Hauptbahnhof (via Stollberger Straße)	20
5	de ↔ Hutholz (via Annaberger Straße)	27
6	de ↔ Hauptbahnhof	16
522	Stollberg ↔ Hauptbahnhof	26

See also

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

References

• (German)

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

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