Trams in Mülheim/Oberhausen
| Mülheim/Oberhausen tramway network | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 An Oberhausen tram en route to the Mülheim depot. | |||
| Operation | |||
| Locale | |||
| Open |
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| Status | Operational | ||
| Lines | 3 + 1 (total line length 36.2 km (22.5 mi)) | ||
| Operator(s) | |||
| Infrastructure | |||
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | ||
| Propulsion system(s) | Electricity | ||
| Electrification | 750 V DC | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Route length | 32 km (20 mi) | ||
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| Website | https://ruhrbahn.de/index.php?id=665 Ruhrbahn (in German)] STOAG | ||
The Mülheim/Oberhausen tramway network is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system focused on Mülheim an der Ruhr and Oberhausen, two cities in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Opened in 1897, the network is operated by Ruhrbahn and Stadtwerke Oberhausen (STOAG), and integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR).
Lines
[edit]As of 2015[update], the network had the following lines:
| Line | Route | Headway (rush hour) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | Uhlenhorst – Stadtmitte – Mülheim Hbf – Oberdümpten | 10' | Metre gauge |
| 104 | MH Hauptfriedhof – Max-Planck-Institute – Stadtmitte – Rathausmarkt – Grenze Borbeck – E Abzweig Aktienstraße | 20' Hauptfriedhof – Stadtmitte | |
| 10' Stadtmitte – Grenze Borbeck | |||
| 20' Grenze Borbeck – E-Abzweig Aktienstr. | |||
| 112/NE12 | MH Hauptfriedhof – Kaiserplatz – Stadtmitte – Landwehr – Oberhausen Hbf – Feuerwache – Neue Mitte – Eisenheim – OB Neumarkt | 10' 112 Hauptfriedhof – Landwehr | |
| 20' 112 Landwehr – OLGA-Park (morning rush hour 10') | |||
| 20' 112 OLGA-Park - Neumarkt | |||
| 60' NE12 Kaiserplatz – OB-OLGA-Park | |||
| Occasional trips NE12 OB-OLGA-Park – OB-Neumarkt | |||
| 901 | DU-Obermarxloh – Marxloh – Thyssen Verwaltung – Beeck – Neanderstr. – Laar – Thyssen Tor 30 – Ruhrort – Albertstr. – DU-Stadtmitte – Jakobstr. – Mülheim/Ruhr | 15' | Standard gauge Duisburg tramway line |
The former line 110 (Styrum, Friesenstr. – Hauptfriedhof) was replaced by bus line 128 on October 4, 2015.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Höltge, Dieter (1994). Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland [Tramways and Stadtbahnen in Germany] (in German). Vol. Band 4: Ruhrgebiet - Von Dortmund bis Duisburg [Volume 4: Ruhr - from Dortmund to Duisburg]. Freiburg i. B., Germany: EK-Verlag. ISBN 9783882553345.
External links
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Media related to Trams in Mülheim an der Ruhr at Wikimedia Commons- Media related to Trams in Oberhausen at Wikimedia Commons
- Ruhrbahn – official site (in German)
- STOAG – official site (in German)
- Mülheim an der Ruhr database / photo gallery and Mülheim an der Ruhr tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
- Oberhausen database / photo gallery and Oberhausen tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
- Mülheim an der Ruhr database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.
- Oberhausen database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.
