Trams in Mülheim/Oberhausen
An Oberhausen tram en route to the Mülheim depot. | |||
Operation | |||
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Locale | |||
Open |
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Status | Operational | ||
Lines | 3 + 1 (total line length 36.2 km (22.5 mi)) | ||
Operator(s) |
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Infrastructure | |||
Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | ||
Propulsion system(s) | Electricity | ||
Electrification | 750 V DC | ||
Statistics | |||
Route length | 32 km (20 mi) | ||
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Website |
Mülheimer VerkehrsGesellschaft (German) STOAG] |
The Mülheim/Oberhausen tramway network is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system focused on Mülheim an der Ruhr and Oberhausen, two cities in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Opened in 1897, the network is operated by Mülheimer VerkehrsGesellschaft and Stadtwerke Oberhausen (STOAG).
Lines
As of 2015, the network had the following lines:
Line | Route | Headway (rush hour) | Notes |
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102 | Uhlenhorst – Stadtmitte – Mülheim Hbf – Oberdümpten | 10' | Metre gauge |
104 | MH Hauptfriedhof – Max-Planck-Institute – Stadtmitte – Rathausmarkt – Grenze Borbeck – E Abzweig Aktienstraße | 20' Hauptfriedhof – Stadtmitte | |
10' Stadtmitte – Grenze Borbeck | |||
20' Grenze Borbeck – E-Abzweig Aktienstr. | |||
112/NE12 | MH Hauptfriedhof – Kaiserplatz – Stadtmitte – Landwehr – Oberhausen Hbf – Feuerwache – Neue Mitte – Eisenheim – OB Neumarkt | 10' 112 Hauptfriedhof – Landwehr | |
20' 112 Landwehr – OLGA-Park (morning rush hour 10') | |||
20' 112 OLGA-Park - Neumarkt | |||
60' NE12 Kaiserplatz – OB-OLGA-Park | |||
Occasional trips NE12 OB-OLGA-Park – OB-Neumarkt | |||
901 | DU-Obermarxloh – Marxloh – Thyssen Verwaltung – Beeck – Neanderstr. – Laar – Thyssen Tor 30 – Ruhrort – Albertstr. – DU-Stadtmitte – Jakobstr. – Mülheim/Ruhr | 15' | Standard gauge Duisburg tramway line |
The former line 110 (Styrum, Friesenstr. – Hauptfriedhof) was replaced by bus line 128 on October 4, 2015.
See also
References
- Höltge, Dieter (1994). Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland [Tramways and Stadtbahnen in Germany] (in German). Band 4: Ruhrgebiet - Von Dortmund bis Duisburg [Volume 4: Ruhr - from Dortmund to Duisburg]. Freiburg i. B., Germany: EK-Verlag. ISBN 9783882553345.
External links
- Media related to Trams in Mülheim an der Ruhr at Wikimedia Commons
- Media related to Trams in Oberhausen at Wikimedia Commons
- Mülheimer VerkehrsGesellschaft – official site (German)
- STOAG – official site (German)
- Mülheim an der Ruhr database / photo gallery and Mülheim an der Ruhr tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
- Oberhausen database / photo gallery and Oberhausen tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
- Mülheim an der Ruhr database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.
- Oberhausen database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.
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