Trams in Gotha

Gotha tramway network

Modernised Tatra KT4D tram in Friedrichroda

Operation
Locale| Gotha, Thuringia, Germany
Open| 1894 (1894)
Status| Operational
Lines| 5
Operator(s)| Thüringerwaldbahn und Straßenbahn Gotha GmbH (TWSB)
Infrastructure
Track gauge| 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Propulsion system(s)| Electricity
Stock| 20
| Overview

Gotha tramway network.
Website| http://www.waldbahn-gotha.de Thüringerwaldbahn und Straßenbahn Gotha GmbH (in German)

The Gotha tramway network is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Gotha, a city in the federal state of Thuringia, Germany.

The network was opened in 1894 with an electrified system implemented by Union-Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft.[1] It is currently operated by Thüringerwaldbahn und Straßenbahn Gotha GmbH (TWSB), and integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Mittelthüringen (VMT).

## Lines

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Line  | Route  | Length  | Travel time (min)  | Stops | Headway (daytime)

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| Hauptbahnhof – Kreiskrankenhaus  | 6.1 km  | 22 min  | 15  | 10 mins*

| Hauptbahnhof – Ostbahnhof  | 3.0 km  | 12 min  | 8  | 20 mins

| Waltershäuser Straße – Ostbahnhof  | 4.0 km  | 14 min  | 10  | (3 services/day)

| Thüringerwaldbahn [de]
Gotha – Waltershausen Gleisdreieck – Friedrichroda – Bad Tabarz | 21.7 km (22.5 km incl. Krankenhaus)  | 58 min  | 22  | 30 mins

| Waltershausen Gleisdreieck – Waltershausen Bahnhof  | 2.4 km  | 7 min  | 5  | ≈ 30 mins

Notes:

* The headway figure for line 1 takes into account the services on line 4.

Since the timetable change on 13 December 2009, there has been only one pair of line 4 trains each day via Krankenhaus. At other times, travellers to/from Krankenhaus must change to line 1 in Sundhausen.

The old line 3 linked the Huttenstraße with Hauptfriedhof with one intermediate stop, and was shut down on 30 June 1985. From 1 June 1985 to 1991, a SEV line 3 led from the old Busbahnhof to Hauptfriedhof. Today, this route is operated on Monday to Saturday by city bus line F and the evening line, on Monday to Friday by city bus line E, and on Sundays by city bus line B.

The branch line in Waltershausen formerly belonging to line 4 (between Waltershausen Bahnhof and Waltershausen-Gleisdreieck) has operated since August 2007 as line 6.

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ Merte, Jens. "Union Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft UEG". www.lokhersteller.de. Retrieved 28 January 2020.

* Bauer, Gerhard; Kuschinski, Norbert (1994). Die Straßenbahnen in Ostdeutschland [The Tramways in East Germany]. Vol. Band 2: Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen [Volume 2: Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia]. Aachen, Germany: Schweers + Wall. ISBN 392167980X. (in German)
* Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. ISBN 9783936573336.

## External links

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* Media related to Trams in Gotha at Wikimedia Commons
* Track plan of the Gotha tram system
* Gotha database / photo gallery and Gotha tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
* Gotha database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.
* [1] Official website

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