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Hamburg is the only major German city with only a U-Bahn (Hamburg U-Bahn), but no extant tram or light rail system. The Hamburg tram network was one of oldest and largest in Germany and largest closed system. Hamburg-Harburg: Electric 30 Sep 1899 24 Sep 1975 Alt-Rahlstedt – Volksdorf: Electric 30 Oct 1906 15 Apr 1923
Germany has an extensive number of tramway networks (Straßenbahn in German (German: [ˈʃtʁaːsn̩ˌbaːn] ⓘ)). Some of these networks have been upgraded to light rail standards, called Stadtbahn in German. Straßenbahn and Stadtbahn schemes are usually operated on the legal foundation of the BOStrab, the Tramways Act of Germany.
Since 2017, the tram system also reaches Kehl on the right bank of the Rhine, in Germany. While the prior tram network also included such a Rhine-crossing line at times, this section of the Rhine did not form the border between France and Germany from 1871 to the end of World War I and during World War II when Alsace (including Strasbourg) was ...
The Dresden tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Dresden) is a network of tramways forming the backbone of the public transport system in Dresden, a city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. Opened in 1872, it has been operated since 1993 by Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe (DVB), and is integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe (VVO).
Hanover Stadtbahn is a light urban rail transport (Stadtbahn, lit. ' city railway ') system in the city of Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany.It opened on 29 September 1975, [3] gradually replacing the city's tramway (Straßenbahn) network over the course of the subsequent 25 years.
The Kassel tramway network is a 93.3-kilometer (58.0 mi) network of tramways, [1] forming part of the public transport system in Kassel, a city in the north of the federal state of Hesse, Germany. As of 2014 [update] , the Kassel tram network is made up of seven regular tramlines.
The Frankfurt am Main tramway network is a network of tramways forming a major part of the public transport system in Frankfurt am Main, a city in the federal state of Hesse, Germany. As of 2023 [update] , there were 10 tram lines, [ 1 ] along with two special lines [ citation needed ] and one heritage tourist tramline .
In 1865, a horse tramway was established in Berlin. In 1881, the world's first electric tram line was opened in the city. Numerous private and municipal operating companies constructed new routes, so by the end of the 19th century the network had developed quite rapidly, and the horse trams had been replaced by electric ones.