Trams in Duisburg

Duisburg tramway network
Duisburg tramway network
	GT10NC-DU tram in Duisburg-Marxloh, 2005.
Operation
Locale	Duisburg, Mülheim and Dinslaken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Horsecar era: 1881–1898
Status	Superseded
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) /; 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in);
Propulsion system(s)	Horses
Steam tram era: 1882–1899
Status	Superseded
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Propulsion system(s)	Steam
Electric tram era: since 1897
Status	Operational
Routes	2 + 1
Operator(s)	Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft [de]; (since 1940);
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) (to 1966) /; 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in);
Propulsion system(s)	Electricity
Electrification	750 V DC
Route length	43.7 km (27.2 mi)
	Duisburg tramway network (dark blue: Stadtbahn Duisburg).
Website	Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft (in German)

The Duisburg tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Duisburg) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Duisburg, a city in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Opened in 1881, the network has been operated since 1940 by the Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft [de] (DVG) and is integrated into the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR). It now forms part of the larger Duisburg Stadtbahn system, which in turn makes up part of the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn system.

Lines

As of 2013^[update], the Duisburg tramway network had the following lines:

Line	Route	Travel time	Stops	Headway (rush hour)
901	Obermarxloh Schleife – Marxloh Pollmann – Beeck Denkmal – Laar Kirche – Scholtenhofstraße – Ruhrort Friedrichsplatz – Kaßlerfeld – König-Heinrich-Platz – Duisburg Hbf – Zoo/Uni – MH-Speldorf – MH Stadtmitte – Mülheim Hbf	64 min	46	7.5 / 15 min
903	Dinslaken Bf – Walsum Watereck – Marxloh Pollmann – Hamborn Rathaus – Meiderich Süd Bf – Duissern – Duisburg Hbf – König-Heinrich-Platz – Platanenhof – Hochfeld Süd Bf – Wanheim Rheintörchenstraße – Hüttenheim Mannesmann Tor 2	69 min	45	7.5 / 15 min
Line sections with longer headways in italics
Line 902 operates only during events at the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena; the number 902 is also used to designate trams travelling to and from the Grunewald depot.
(902)	(Walsum Watereck – Marxloh Pollmann – Hamborn Rathaus – Meiderich Süd Bf – Duissern – Duisburg Hbf – König-Heinrich-Platz – Platanenhof – Grunewald Betriebshof)

Rolling stock

43 type GT10NC-DU trams are operated in Duisburg, which were built by Duewag from 1986 until 1993.^[1] The first of 47 new Bombardier Flexity trams was delivered in 2020, which are scheduled to replace the old trams.^[1]

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Erste Bombardier Flexity Straßenbahn für Duisburg ausgeliefert" [First Bombardier Flexity tram delivered to Duisburg]. Urban Transport Magazine (in German). September 9, 2020. Archived from the original on September 11, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.

Bibliography

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.