Trams in Frankfurt (Oder)
| Trams in Frankfurt (Oder) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 GT6M tram no. 304 on Lindenstraße, 2010. | |||
| Operation | |||
| Locale | Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg, Germany | ||
| Open | 22 January 1898 | ||
| Lines | 5 | ||
| Operator(s) | Stadtverkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt (Oder) (SVF) | ||
| Infrastructure | |||
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | ||
| Propulsion system(s) | Electricity | ||
| Electrification | 600 V DC Catenary | ||
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| Website | https://www.svf-ffo.de/ Stadtverkehrsgesellschaft mbH Frankfurt (Oder) (in German) | ||
The Frankfurt (Oder) tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Frankfurt (Oder)) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Frankfurt (Oder), a town in the federal state of Brandenburg, Germany, on the Oder River, at the German-Polish border.
Opened in 1898, the network presently consists of five lines. It is operated by Stadtverkehrsgesellschaft mbH Frankfurt (Oder) (SVF), and integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB).
Lines
[edit]As of 2022[update], the three main tram lines in Frankfurt (Oder) operated daily 4:00 to 23:30, at:
- a 20-minute headway: Monday to Friday, 6:00–19:00, and Saturday 9:00–16:00;
- a 30-minute headway: Sundays and public holidays all day (from 6:00), and Monday-Saturday before and after the period with 20-minute intervals.
Line 1 runs from the new housing development of Neuberesinchen through the city centre to the stadium.
Line 2 connects the university campuses (the main building, the auditorium and the Marion Gräfin Dönhoff building) with the speech centre in the Witzlebenstraße and extends to the fairgrounds.
Line 3 is a booster line for line 4 on weekdays. It operates Monday to Friday from the European University via the Südring to Kopernikusstraße, and, in rush hour, continues to the Technology Park and the hospital in the suburb of Markendorf (Ort) at 20-minute intervals.
Line 4, a main line, runs from the Lebus-suburb in Frankfurt's north via the railway station and the Südring, past the new solar factories, to Markendorf (Ort).
Line 5 is a tangential line - it "bypasses" the city centre, from Neuberesinchen via the station to the fairgrounds. However, it connects at Dresdener Platz or the station with lines towards the city centre. On weekdays, it is operated every 20 minutes by KT4Dms running in pairs, or a single KT4Dm, or a low-floor vehicle.
System
[edit]Frankfurt (Oder) - approx. 57,000 inh.; in the state of Brandenburg, 70 km east of Berlin (linked to Berlin by RE trains), at the Polish border.
Tramway
- Network length approx. 19.5 km
- 3 lines (+ 2 peak-hour lines)
- 1000 mm gauge
- Mostly on separate right-of-way on newer routes
- Rolling stock (unidirectional): TATRA KT4D; low-floor AEG GT6M
Rolling stock
[edit]SVF operates GT6M low-floor vehicle and KT4Dms.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Bauer, Gerhard; Kuschinski, Norbert (1995). Die Straßenbahnen in Ostdeutschland [The Tramways in East Germany]. Vol. Band 3: Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [Volume 3: Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]. Aachen, Germany: Schweers + Wall. ISBN 3921679818. (in German)
- Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. pp. 60–61. ISBN 9783936573336.
External links
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Media related to Trams in Frankfurt (Oder) at Wikimedia Commons
- Frankfurt an der Oder database / photo gallery and Frankfurt an der Oder tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
- Frankfurt (Oder) database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.
