Trams in Leipzig

Tram system in Germany

Leipzig tramway network

Straßenbahn Leipzig

Trams at Waldplatz, near Red Bull Arena

Operation
Locale| Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
| Horsecar era: May 16, 1872 (1872-05-16)[1]–1897 (1897)

Status  | Converted to electricity
Operator(s)  | Leipziger Pferde-Eisenbahn (LPE)
Track gauge | 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+13⁄32 in)
Propulsion system(s) | Horses
| Electric tram era: since 1896 (1896)

Status  | Operational
Lines | 13
Operator(s)  | Große Leipziger Straßenbahn (GLSt) (1896–1938)
Leipziger Elektrische Straßenbahn (LESt)
(1896–1916)
Leipziger Außenbahn AG (LAAG) (1900–1946)
Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe
(1938–)
Track gauge | 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+13⁄32 in)[2]
Propulsion system(s) | Electricity
Electrification | 600 V DC trolley wire
Route length | 143.5 km (89.2 mi)[1]
2022| 135,000,000[1]
Website  | Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (in German)

The Leipzig tramway (German: Straßenbahn Leipzig) is a network of tramways which, together with the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland, forms the backbone of the public transport system in Leipzig, a city in Saxony, Germany. Opened in 1872, the network has been operated since 1938 by Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB). The network has been integrated in the Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund (MDV) since 1 August 2001.[1]

With its 13 lines, route length of 143.5 km (89.2 mi) and 522 tram stops, the network is currently the third biggest in Germany, after the Cologne and Berlin tramway networks.

## History

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Main article: History of trams in Leipzig

* Evolution of the network, the different companies are colour-coded

## Rolling stock

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As of December 2022[update] there were a total of 228 trams and 43 trailers in regular service,[1] consisting of the following:

* 30 Tatra T4D-M (Typ 33c/33d/33h/33i)
* 56 Low floor articulated trams of type NGT8 (Typ 36/36a)
* 49 Low floor articulated trams of type NGTW6 Leoliner [de; ja] (Typ 37/37a/37b)
* 33 Low floor articulated trams of type NGT12-LEI (Bombardier Flexity Classic XXL) (Typ 38/38a)[2]
* 61 Low floor articulated trams of type NGT10 Solaris Tramino XL (Typ 39)[3]
* 43 Low floor trailers of type NB4 (Typ 68a/68b)

In 2018 Leipzig sold 20 used trams to the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, to be used on its tram routes.[4]

In 2019 a procurement project for new trams was launched jointly with tram operators in Görlitz and Zwickau. A contract was signed in December 2021 with LEIWAG (a consortium of HeiterBlick [de] and Kiepe Electric) and Leipzig will receive 25 new 45 m long trams, with options for up to 130 more.[5]

## Gallery

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* Replica of horse tram in operation

* A 1914/15 postcard depicting a tram

* Some vehicles, such as this horse tram, are preserved in the tram museum

* Trams are used to bring passengers to Leipzig Trade Fair, 1972

* Tatra T4 tram, June 1993

* Modern low-floor tram of the NGT12-LEI Type

* Service vehicle

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Scholze, Rolf-Roland (September 2023). "2022, Das Julbiläumsjahr" [2022, The anniversary year]. Straßenbahn Magazin (in German). GeraMond. pp. 16–23\. ISSN 0340-7071.
2. ^ a b "Leipzig exercises Flexity tram option". Railway Gazette International. 25 January 2010.
3. ^ "Leipzig: LVB erweitert Option für Tramino-Bahnen" [Leipzig: LVB extends option for Tramino trams]. Eurailpress (in German). 9 January 2019.
4. ^ (in Ukrainian) Dnipro tram fleet will be replenished with cars from Germany, National industrial portal [uk] (2 October 2021)
5. ^ "Zwickau, Görlitz and Leipzig jointly order new tram fleet from Heiterblick/Kiepe". Urban Transport Magazine. 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2024-09-22.

* Bauer, Gerhard; Kuschinski, Norbert (1993). Die Straßenbahnen in Ostdeutschland [The Tramways in East Germany]. Vol. Band 1: Sachsen [Volume 1: Saxony]. Aachen, Germany: Schweers + Wall. ISBN 3921679796. (in German)
* Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. pp. 94–97\. ISBN 9783936573336.

## External links

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Media related to Tram transport in Leipzig at Wikimedia Commons

* Leipzig database / photo gallery and Leipzig tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
* Leipzig database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.

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