Trams in Brandenburg an der Havel

Brandenburg an der Havel tramway network
A tram in Brandenburg an der Havel, 2013
Operation
Locale	Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany
hideHorsecar era: 1897 (1897)–1911 (1911) Status Converted to electricity Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Propulsion system(s) Horses
hideElectric tram era: since 1911 (1911) Status Operational Lines 4 Operator(s) Verkehrsbetriebe Brandenburg an der Havel (VBBr) (since 1990) Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Propulsion system(s) Electricity Electrification 600 V DC Track length (total) 17.65 km (10.97 mi) Website Verkehrsbetriebe Brandenburg an der Havel (in German)

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

Opened in 1897 as a horsecar system, the network was converted to an electrically powered system in 1911. It is currently operated by Verkehrsbetriebe Brandenburg an der Havel (VBBr), and integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB).

Lines

As of 2013, the network had four lines, as follows:

Line	Route	Stops
1	Hauptbahnhof (→ Steinstraße) ↔ Neustädtischer Markt ↔ Nicolaiplatz ↔ Fontanestraße ↔ Waldcafé Görden ↔ Anton-Saefkow-Allee	23/21
2	Hauptbahnhof (→ Steinstraße) ↔ Neustädtischer Markt ↔ Nicolaiplatz ↔ Quenzbrücke	18/16
6	Hauptbahnhof (← Steinstraße) ↔ Neustädtischer Markt ↔ Nicolaiplatz ↔ Fontanestraße ↔ Hohenstücken Nord	18/20
1/2	Anton-Saefkow-Allee ↔ Fontanestraße ↔ Quenzbrücke	20

Line 2 is disrupted since 2019 by the demolished Bridge of the 20th anniversary of the GDR

Line 1/2 replaces lines 1 and 2 on Sundays and public holidays.

See also

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

References

• 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)
• Autorenkollektiv (1986). Straßenbahn Archiv 6. Raum Cottbus, Magdeburg, Schwerin, Rostock [Tramway Archive 6. Cottbus, Magdeburg, Schwerin, Rostock region] (in German). Berlin: transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen. ISBN 3-344-00003-9.
• Menzel, Walter; Schulze, Jörg (2011). 100 Jahre elektrische Straßenbahn in Brandenburg an der Havel [One Hundred Years of Electric Trams in Brandenburg an der Havel] (in German). Berlin: VBN Verlag Bernd Neddermeyer. ISBN 978-3-941712-13-3.
• Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. pp. 22–23. ISBN 9783936573336.

External links

• Media related to Trams in Brandenburg an der Havel at Wikimedia Commons
• Track plan of the Brandenburg tram system
• Brandenburg an der Havel database / photo gallery and Brandenburg an der Havel tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
• Brandenburg an der Havel database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.
• Brandenburg tram