Trams in Augsburg

The tram system in Augsburg is the second largest tram system in Bavaria, behind Munich and before Nurnberg. The line is 45.4 kilometers long (28.2 miles) and runs five lines, with two special lines. The city border gets crossed in three places. Line 2 and Line 3 cross into Stadtbergen, and line 6 crosses into Friedberg. The line first opened in early May of 1881, with horse-drawn trams. In 1881, there was an average of 61 million yearly passengers[1]. In 1972, the trams were electric with overhead powerlines. The trams are operated by the SWA (Stadtwerke Augsburg).

Augsburg tramway network
A Siemens Combino in Augsburg, 2007.
Operation
Locale	Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
Horsecar era: 1881 (1881)–1898 (1898) Status Superseded Operator(s) Augsburger Trambahn AG Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) Propulsion system(s) Horses
Electric tram era: since 1898 (1898) Status Operational Lines 5 regular + 2 special Operator(s) Stadtwerke Augsburg (SWA) Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ^3⁄8 in) Propulsion system(s) Electricity Electrification 600 V DC Track length (total) 45.4 km (28.2 mi) Passengers (2010) 37,100,000 Website SWA (in German)

Könisgplatz at night

Lines

As of 2019, the network has five regular lines and two special lines, as follows:

	Regular line	Cross-city route	Lechhausen Neuer Ostfriedhof – Berliner Allee – Königsplatz – Bergstraße – Göggingen	26 stops
	Regular line	Cross-city route	Augsburg West P+R – Oberhausen Bf / Helmut-Haller-Platz – Dom / Stadtwerke – Königsplatz – Haunstetter Straße Bf – Sportanlage Süd P+R – Haunstetten Nord	27 stops
	Regular line	Cross-city route	Stadtbergen – Pfersee – Hauptbahnhof – Königsplatz – Haunstetter Straße Bf – Universität – Innovationspark/LfU – Haunstetten West P+R	26 stops
	Regular line	Radial route	Hauptbahnhof – Königsplatz – Curt-Frenzel-Stadion – Plärrer P+R – Bärenwirt / DRvS – Augsburg Nord P+R	12 stops
	Regular line	Radial route	Hauptbahnhof – Königsplatz – Hochschule Augsburg – Schwaben Center – Rudolf-Diesel-Gymnasium – Friedberg West P+R	15 stops
	Special line	Radial route	Hauptbahnhof – Königsplatz – Haunstetter Straße Bf – Universität – Innovationspark/LfU – Fußball-Arena	13 stops
	Special line	Radial route	Hauptbahnhof – Messezentrum	9 stops

Special Lines

The two special lines are lines 8 and 9. Line 8 is the line that goes from the main train station (Hauptbahnhof) to the soccer stadium (Fußball-Arena). This line only runs if there is a soccer game occurring.[2] Line 9 is the line that goes from the main train station (Hauptbahnhof) to the Exhibition Center (Messezentrum). This line only runs if there is an exhibition occurring.[2]

Rolling stock

As of 2019, the fleet of the Augsburg tram network consists of three MAN M8C trams, 11 ADtranz GT6M trams, 41 Siemens Combino type NF8, and 27 Bombardier Flexity type Cityflex CF8 trams.[3] Stadler is supplying 11 new Tramlink units as a replacement for the M8C and GT6M trams. Entry into service is scheduled for 2022.[3]

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  MAN M8C
• 
  ADtranz GT6M
• 
  Siemens Combino NF8
• 
  Bombardier Flexity Cityflex CF8

• The MAN M8C trams are mainly are on line 1 and sometimes line 2, and there are about 3 of them.

• The ADtranz GT6M trams are mainly are on line 6.

• The Siemens Combino NF8 trams are mainly on line 3

• The Bombardier Flexity "Cityflex" trams are mainly on lines 1, 2, and 4, as well as about 20 on line 3

Timetable

On a normal week day, the trams run every five minutes from 05:00-11:00 and from 14:00-21:00. on a normal work day, the tram runs every seven and a half minutes while people are at work and school. This is from 11:00-14:00. On a normal work day, from 21:00-0:00, the trams run every fifteen minutes. On a normal Saturday, the trams run every 10 minutes. On a normal Sunday, the trams run every fifteen minutes. On a holiday on any day the trams run every fifteen minutes. During a school break, the trams run every seven and a half minutes. Trams operate from 05:00-0:00.

Planned Changes

Line 3

Line 3 is being expanded to add 6 more stops from Haunstetten West P+R to Königsbrunn, in 2021.[4].

Stops
Haunstetten West P+R
Schulzentrum
Brahmsstraße
Bereitschaftspolizei
Guldenstraße
Brunnenzentrum
Mindelheimerstraße
Königsbrunnzentrum

Line 5

Line 5 doesn't exist yet and is still in the planning phase. The line is supposed to start from the main train station (Hauptbahnhof), to the University Hospital (Uniklinik)[5].

See also

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

References

Notes

1. DVV Media Group GmbH, "Augsburg: Fahrgastzahl steigt deutlich auf mehr als 60 Mio", Bus & Bahn (in German), retrieved 2017-04-04
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3. "Stadler gewinnt Ausschreibung über elf Straßenbahnen für die Stadtwerke Augsburg" [Stadler wins tender for eleven trams from Stadtwerke Augsburg]. Urban Transport Magazine (in German). October 3, 2019. Archived from the original on October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
4. https://www.linie-3.de/von-koe-zum-koe.html
5. https://www.projekt-augsburg-city.de/linie-5/linie-5-vision/

Bibliography

• Höltge, Dieter; Kochems, Michael (2006). Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland [Tramways and Stadtbahnen in Germany]. Band 10: Bayern [Volume 10: Bavaria]. Freiburg i. B., Germany: EK-Verlag. ISBN 388255391X. (in German)
• Sappel, Albrecht (1981). Einmal Königsplatz und zurück! 100 Jahre Stadtverkehr in Augsburg [To Königsplatz and Back! One Hundred Years of City Transport in Augsburg] (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba Publikation. ISBN 3-87094-325-4.
• Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. pp. 6–7. ISBN 9783936573336.
• Waßner, Herbert (1998). 100 Jahre Augsburger Nahverkehrsfahrzeuge im Bild [One Hundred Years of Augsburg Local Transport Vehicles in Pictures] (in German). Augsburg: F.d.A.S.
• Rückblick auf 20 Jahre "Freunde der Augsburger Straßenbahn" [Review of 20 Years of the "Friends of the Augsburg Tramway"] (in German). Freunde der Augsburger Straßenbahn. 2009.

External links

• Media related to Trams in Augsburg at Wikimedia Commons
• Track plan of the Augsburg tram system
• Augsburg database / photo gallery and Augsburg tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
• Augsburg database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.