Tramways in ElblÄ…g

The tram Elbląg is the tram system in the Polish city of Elbląg ( German: Elbing ) near the Baltic Sea coast. It is operated by the municipal company Tramwaje Elbląskie. Elbląg has to Wroclaw the second oldest electric tram network in Poland. Its history dates back to the year 1895.

The tram network is traversed by five lines, one of which runs weekdays only. The track width of the rails is 1000 mm ( meter gauge ), the track length is 32 kilometers.

5.1 Wendeschleifen
5.2 Other terminals

6.1 vehicles in regular service

History

In the 19th century the then fast-growing German Elbing needed a modern public transport, so the magistrate decided in 1895 to build the first two tram lines that should connect the residential areas with the center, the train stations and the emerging industrial enterprises. In the following years the tram network is systematically extended. The Elbląg tram chose the unusual for today's Poland meter gauge. It can be found now only in the tram Bydgoszcz, Łódź, Toruń and Grudziądz.

At the end of the Second World War, the Polish authorities have decided to rebuild the damaged infrastructures. As early as 1946 could be included on the first two lines again the operation. Line 3 was followed a year later. In 1957, the first new vehicles came with the trams of the type Konstal 5N 5ND and after Elbląg. In the present day is still a traction 5N 5 ND ( car numbers 012 and 154 ) operative, which runs on special occasions. At the beginning of the 1970s, the People's Republic of Poland decided to decommission meter gauge tram networks in most Polish cities. This should be done well in Elblag. The tram then Elbląger but did not share the fate of the trams in Bielsko- Biała, Legnica and Olsztyn. Since 1980, the use of new vehicles of the type Konstal 805Na that are still used today began. In 1986, a new route in the district Zawada was put into operation.

As a result of the political changes in Poland, there was, as in other Polish cities in Elbląg to a decline in passenger numbers in public transport. At the beginning of 1987, the old type cars Konstal 5N were replaced by younger second-hand cars from Germany type Duewag GT6. Only at the beginning of the 21st century and with the accession of Poland to the European Union, the city of Elbląg in the environmentally friendly public transport began to invest. Thanks to the EU -Fons, the rail network was renewed and new lines are being built. In 2002, a new route on the Pulkownik dabka Street was opened, the two new lines (4 and 5) is operated. For the near future are before major changes. By 2013, 15 km of track will be renewed and new low floor railcar to be procured. The first six cars of the PESA 121N of PESA Bydgoszcz were delivered in late 2006. Wherever possible, modernized Konstal 805Na replacing the German Duewag GT6 and complement the low-floor vehicles.

In May 2006, the building of a distance in the direction of Fromborska Street began the settlement Nad Jarem. On December 21, the section was officially opened together with the introduction of the new low-floor trams. In the following years there were in accidents repeatedly to derailment of PESA 121N. In the coming years the procurement of two additional low-floor vehicles is planned.

Chronicle

November 22, 1895: Opening of the first two tram lines. Line 1: Station - Dutch Road - Locust Street - Inner Mühlendamm - Friedrich- Wilhelm-Platz - Schmiedestraße - Old Market - back street - a river port at Elbing. Line 2: Friedrich- Wilhelm-Platz - Schmiedestraße - Alter Markt - Market Torstraße - Schichaustraße - Königsbergerstraße - junction flyover / Gallows
May 22, 1897: Opening of the Line 3: Old Market - Schichaustraße - Königsbergerstraße - Lönsallee - pheasant and extension of line 2 to the railway station
1901-1905: Extension of the depot on Hospital St.
May 29 1916: Kaiser Wilhelm II takes the tram from the train station to the Schichau works
1927: Commissioning of the track in the Pauli Church Street and the Mackensenstraße
1928: Opening of the second depot at the avenue of chestnut trees
June 1, 1946: resumption of the tram service after the war on Line 1 ( station - Grunwaldzka - 3 Maja - Maja 1 - pl Słowiański - Kowalska - Stary Rynek - Brama Targowa - Stoczniowa - Robotnicza - Browarna - Obrońców Pokoju. )
November 1, 1946: resumption of the tram service after the war on Line 2 ( Bażantarnia - Marymoncka - Królewiecka - Stoczniowa - Brama Targowa - Stary Rynek - Kowalska - 1 Maja - grobla Sw Jerzego - crossing Bema / Mickiewicz. )
April 3, 1947: Opening of the Line 3 ( Plac Słowiański - 1 Maja - Traugutta - Górnośląska - cemetery Agrykola )
February 15, 1951: commissioning of a new route from the station to Ulica Druskiej
1955: Construction of turning loops at Ulica Ulica Druska and Obrońców Pokoju ( Previously there were Stumpfendstellen. )
1955: Construction of the turning loop at Ulica Saperów ( with extension of the line from the intersection Bema / Mickiewicz )
1956: Construction of the turning loop at Bażantarnia Park ( with a short way to the bridge over the river Kumi )
1957: construction of the second track on the Ulica Grunwaldzka
1957: Delivery of the first cars of the type and 5N 5ND
1967: closure of the line 3 to Agrykola Friehof
1968: Exile of the tram from the old town and laying in the street called Pocztowa
April 15, 1980: the first two tracks of the type 805Na operate in Elblag
November 24, 1986: extension of the line from the Ulica Obrońców Pokoju the settlement Zawada and opening of the new line 3 ( Saperów - Ogólna )
1995: Centenary of the tram Elbląg
12 Dec 1996: Last Day of Operations of the 5N and 5ND
January 1997: the first used GT6 from Germany go into passenger service
August 31, 2002: Opening of the new double-track line on the Ulica Pulkownik dabka ( from Plac Jagiellończyka to Ulica Obrońców Pokoju ) and opening the lines 4 and 5
December 21, 2006: Opening of the double-track section on the Ulica Ogólna ( to the intersection with the Ulica Legionów ), in preparation for the use of low-floor vehicles
August 19, 2010: Opening of the new track at the Constitution Square and the Ulica Generała Grota - Roweckiego ( together with the branch in the direction of Ulica 12 Lutego ), simultaneous closure of the line in a section of Ulica Grobla Świętego Jerzego
April 1, 2012: there, the tram service was suspended in connection with the track renewal, Ulica Pocztowa. In the south, a substitute bus traffic with the lines T3 and T4 was established in the north of the wrong tram lines 200 ( Depot - Marymoncka ), 300 and 400 ( Depot - Ogólna )
October 9, 2012: Because of track renewal on Ulica Browarna the line 300 has been discontinued.

Planned investments

Integrated development program for public transport 2004-2013

Construction of a double-track line on the Ulica 12 Lutego: from the junction with the Ulica Tatralna, Nowowiejska and Królewiecka to Ulica Grota - Roweckiego and along Ulica Grota - Roweckiego
Construction of a double-track line along Ulica Fromborska (from the Ulica Ogólna ) and along Ulica Królewiecka (from the Ulica Fromborska the intersection Marymoncka / Piłsudski )
Construction of a double-track line along Aleja Odrodzenia up to a loop in the amount of Ulica Mazurska

Further plans

New line from Plac Słowiańskiego along Ulica Rycerska and Aleja Tysiąclecia to Plac Grunwaldzkiego
New line for urban development area Modrzewina along Ulica Jana Paweł II to a loop at the end of the road
Construction of a new tram depot at Ulica Fromborska

Druska
Grunwaldzka
Grunwaldzka ( Dębowa )
Grunwaldzka ( TTH )
Dworzec
Plac Grunwaldzki
1 -go Maja ( Sąd )
Plac Słowiański
Robotnicza (ABB)
Królewiecka ( EOK )
Królewiecka ( Copernicus )
Królewiecka ( T. G. )
Królewiecka ( Moniuszki )
Królewiecka ( skrzyżowanie )
Marymoncka

SAPERÓW
Bema ( Mickiewicz )
Grobla Sw. Jerzego
1 -go Maja ( Sąd )
Plac Słowiański
Robotnicza (ABB)
Browarna ( Pralnia )
Browarna ( Dolna )
Browarna ( Shipyard )
Browarna ( Zdrój )
Browarna ( browar )
Obrońców Pokoju ( Wiejska )
Obrońców Pokoju ( Batory )
Obrońców Pokoju ( Pulkownik dabka )
Pulkownik dabka ( Węgrowska )
Pulkownik dabka ( Ogólna )
Ogólna ( Konopnickiej )
Ogólna ( Broniewskiego )
Ogólna

Druska
Grunwaldzka
Grunwaldzka ( Dębowa )
Grunwaldzka ( TTH )
Dworzec
Plac Grunwaldzki
1 -go Maja ( Sąd )
Plac Słowiański
Robotnicza (ABB)
Królewiecka ( EOK )
Pulkownik dabka ( Brzozowa )
Pulkownik dabka ( Pionierska )
Pulkownik dabka ( rynek )
Pulkownik dabka ( Niepodległości )
Pulkownik dabka ( Węgrowska )
Pulkownik dabka ( Ogólna )
Ogólna ( Konopnickiej )
Ogólna ( Broniewskiego )
Ogólna

SAPERÓW
Bema ( Mickiewicz )
Grobla Sw. Jerzego
1 -go Maja ( Sąd )
Plac Słowiański
Robotnicza (ABB)
Królewiecka ( EOK )
Pulkownik dabka ( Brzozowa )
Pulkownik dabka ( Pionierska )
Pulkownik dabka ( rynek )
Pulkownik dabka ( Niepodległości )
Pulkownik dabka ( Węgrowska )
Pulkownik dabka ( Ogólna )
Ogólna ( Konopnickiej )
Ogólna ( Broniewskiego )
Ogólna

Loops and terminals

Wendeschleifen

The tram Elbląg wrong with facility vehicles, so that turning loops are available at all terminals.

Other terminals

The only terminal that has no loop, located at the depot at the Ulica Ulica Jaśminowa Browarna in height. It is a turning triangle that was the entrance to the depot earlier. After the construction of a new entrance to the depot remained the triangle. It is used in track construction, accidents and prolonged closures and separations in the network.

Until the beginning of 1956 on the wrong tram network Elbląg exclusively bi-directional car, so it was until the 1950s no turning loops. With the use of the new Polish cars of the type Konstal 5N had at the terminals successive loops are built. Individual sections were also shut down if there was no room for a return loop. They focussed on the route to the park Bażantarnia, which was shortened by 700 meters. Were completely shut down the routes on Ulica Ulica Traugutta and Agrykola.

Rolling stock

Vehicles in regular service

All information relating to the status 1 May 2012.

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