Trams in Dessau

Dessau tramway network

NGT low-floor tram at Museumskreuzung, 2008.
Operation
Locale	Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Gas tram era: 1894–1901 Status Converted to electricity Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) Propulsion system(s) Gas
Electric tram era: since 1901 Status Operational Lines 3 Operator(s) Dessauer Verkehrsgesellschaft Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) Propulsion system(s) Electricity Electrification 750 V DC Route length 12.5 km (7.8 mi) Dessau tramway network, 2012. Website Dessauer Verkehrsgesellschaft (German)

The Dessau tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Dessau) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Dessau-Roßlau, a city in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Opened in 1894, the network has been operated since 1990 by Dessauer Verkehrsgesellschaft.

See also

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

References

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

External links

Media related to Trams in Dessau at Wikimedia Commons

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

Coordinates: 51°50′23″N 12°14′13″E / 51.83972°N 12.23694°E