Trams in Plauen

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Plauen tramway network
Coupled pair of two-section blue and white trams
A pair of KT4D trams on Bahnhofstraße.
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Operation
LocalePlauen, Saxony, Germany
Open17 November 1894 (1894-11-17)
StatusOperational
Lines4
Operators
Infrastructure
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)[1]
Propulsion systemElectricity
Electrification600 V DC
Statistics
Route length16.4 km (10.2 mi)[1]
Overview
The network in 2025
Websitehttps://www.strassenbahn-plauen.de Plauener Straßenbahn GmbH (PSB) (in German)Category:Articles with German-language sources (de)

The Plauen tramway (German: Straßenbahn PlauenCategory:Articles containing German-language text) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Plauen, Germany.

Opened in 1894, the network has been operated since 1990 by Plauener Straßenbahn GmbH [de] (PSB), and is integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Vogtland (VVV).

Lines

As of 2025Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2025Category:All articles containing potentially dated statements, the network had the following lines:[2][3]

Line Route Journey time Low-floor percentage
1 Preißelpöhl – Am Albertplatz – Tunnel – Vogtlandklinikum – Reusa 21–23 minutes 1/2 to 1
2 Plamag – Am Albertplatz – Tunnel – Vogtlandklinikum – Waldfrieden 23–25 minutes 1/2 to 1
3 Neundorf – Tunnel – Am Albertplatz – Oberer Bahnhof 16–17 minutes 0 to 2/3
4 Neundorf – Tunnel – Südvorstadt 16–18 minutes 1/3 to 1

Headways: 30 min, Saturday 20 min, Monday to Friday 15 minutes, exception: if no school day then 3 and 4 30 minutes.

3 <> 4 at Neundorf on Monday to Friday whole day and on Sunday from 8 to 17h. No 3 on Sunday after 17h.

Rolling stock

The current fleet consists of 14 Tatra KT4D and nine Flexity Classic NGT6.

Of the 44 KT4D trams delivered to Plauen 14 remained in service as of 2021. They were originally built between 1981 and 1988 and modernised with new chopper control electronics in the early 1990s.[4]

The NGT6 trams were constructed by Bombardier Transportation and are 21 m long and 2.3 m wide[5] with a capacity of 119 passengers.[6] The first two were delivered in August 2013, with another four in 2014[5] and a final three trams ordered in 2015.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Strassenbahn Jahrbuch 2021 (in German). GeraMond. 2020. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-3-96453-501-6.Category:CS1 German-language sources (de)
  2. ↑ "Neues Straßenbahn und Stadtbusnetz ab dem 02.09.2025" [New tram and city bus network from 02.09.2025] (in German). Plauener Straßenbahn. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.Category:CS1 German-language sources (de)
  3. ↑ "Fahrpläne" [Timetables] (in German). Plauener Straßenbahn. Retrieved 12 September 2025.Category:CS1 German-language sources (de)
  4. ↑ Kochems, Michael (May 2021). "Wo die Kurzgelenker noch surren". Straßenbahn Magazin (in German). GeraMond. pp. 32–42. ISSN 0340-7071.Category:CS1 German-language sources (de)
  5. 1 2 "New tram presented in Plauen". Railway Gazette International. 24 September 2013. ISSN 0373-5346. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  6. 1 2 Sadler, Katie (16 December 2015). "City of Plauen to receive three additional Flexity trams". Intelligent Transport. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

Further reading

  • Bauer, Gerhard; Kuschinski, Norbert (1993). Die Straßenbahnen in Ostdeutschland [The Tramways in East Germany]. Vol. Band 1: Sachsen [Volume 1: Saxony]. Aachen, Germany: Schweers + Wall. ISBN 3921679796.Category:CS1: long volume value

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