Trams in Magdeburg

The tram Magdeburg runs on a 60 kilometers long route network in Saxony-Anhalt's state capital Magdeburg. Early 2013 operated on nine lines 94 tram vehicles ( including 11 sidecar ). It is operated tram Magdeburg since 1999 by the Magdeburg Public Transportation GmbH.

• 2.1 daily traffic
• 2.2 Night traffic
• 2.3 Other modes of transport

History

The tram service was added in 1877 with a horse-drawn tram from Magdeburg Horse Railway Company. 1886 was followed by the first steam railway line of the Magdeburg Tram - Actien Society. The two companies joined together in 1887 under the name of Magdeburg Street Railway Society MSEG. In the following years the route network was expanded. The electrical Big Werder added - In 1899, was on the track Olvenstedter road - Alter Markt.

At the end of the Second World War, the main workshop was destroyed in 1945 by bombing and network and vehicles severely damaged. First new vehicles went from 1949/51 into operation. The schaffner free operation was introduced in the 1960s. Tickets can now be received from number boxes until the introduction of Lochentwertern in 1976. 1969 was the first Tatra trams are presented.

Development since 1989

The tram lines were put into service 1991 Lerchenwuhne, 1992 between South Ring West and ring at the 2004 Europe and ring in the list man road. The rehabilitation of the track on the Nordbrückenzug resembled a quasi- reorganization. This is offset by the adjustment of the distance to Hermann Gieseler Hall due to the opening of the Western Ring Route and the Walter -Rathenau -Straße through the opening of the line in the list man road.

By December 2012, the Leipziger Straße was expanded and the route Leipziger Chaussee - Reform on Boerde park built.

Line network

Currently 9 days and 3 night lines lines are operated.

Daily traffic

HVZ = Rush Hour, NVZ = off-peak time, SVZ = off-peak time

Night traffic

In the Night Traffic 3 tram and bus lines 3 meet each other at the same time at the bus stop Damaschkeplatz / ZOB, enabling a switch in every direction. This happens daily from 21:00 bis 0:00 clock clock every half hour, more meetings will be at 0:35, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:15 ( Mon-Fri ) and 4:45 instead. On Saturdays these meetings will continue every half hour from 5:30 to 6:30 instead of clock, on Sundays and holidays until 9:00 clock. Thereafter, the daily traffic uses. The MVB therefore offers one of the smallest cities in Germany a 24 -hour operation.

Other modes of transport

With major sporting events, the line amplifier 15 is used which operates usually between Berliner Chaussee and Central Station. When transporting the line runs 15 in the most populated parts of the city, for example Olvenstedt, Sudenburg, Leipziger Chaussee.

On special occasions, at the historic tram lines 77 between the museum depot Sudenburg and Mr. Krug and the main workshop, and the line 99 between Sudenburg and Neustadt station. Occasionally historic vehicles are also signposted as line 22.

Rolling stock

Already with the timetable change on 16 December 2012, the use of Tatra railcars should be terminated. Thus had come to be used as railcars only articulated railcar ( NGT8D ). Of this, since the last delivery end of 2012, there are 83 pieces with numbers from 1301 to 1383. Vehicles from 1301 to 1325 were made by the wagon Dessau. The vehicles from road number 1326 were built by wagon Bautzen and the following ALSTOM LHB GmbH. In 2011, the use of train combination from NGT8D and modernized Tatra sidecar B6A2 has begun, which will be extended up to 11 trains. The Tatra trailers were purchased, repainted and modernized by the Berlin transport. They operate essentially on the line 9 and replace the Tatra Generous.

Although officially the Tatra farewell was celebrated on 27th January, 2013, stakes were also in April 2013 can still be observed in some modernized vehicles of the type T6A2, which operate usually as double traction.

By 2012, were still used on working days in the major and minor rush hour trams of type Tatra T4DM. This perverted to ten major trains from two railcars and a sidecar (Tatra B4DM ). The Tatra vehicles were in Magdeburg since 1969 in operation and have since been modernized several times and reconstructed. The type designations of the modernized vehicles have been supplemented by a further M. Even a few vehicles of the type T6A2M ( with sidecar ) were still used. Three Tatras trains are to be preserved as a museum vehicle. Twelve railcars T4D and three sidecar B4D were transferred in August 2013 in the Romanian city of Oradea.

Depots

The vehicles are located in two depots: North, East. In addition, there is a tram main workshop in Brückfeld well as a historic tram depot in Sudenburg.

Future network development

Currently, there are various plans for expansion of the tram network by the year 2019. It is planned to reach almost all major parts of the city by train. In addition, the transformation of the Damaschkestraße square and the square is provided Cologne main train station. Here is to create a new pedestrian / tram situation, the private transport will drive into a tunnel structure directly under the tram and just above the long-distance and local trains the Regional S -Bahn (RSB ) Magdeburg, the resin -Elbe - Express and Deutsche drive train. According to the Magdeburg transport companies, the expansion plan plan is as follows:

• New Wiener Straße ( realization 2012-2015 )
• New branch Breiter Weg / Krökentor - New Town Field ( realization 2014-2018 )
• New Neustadt field - Eben Chaussee ( realization 2016-2018 )
• New level Chaussee - Kannenstieg ( realization 2016-2019 )
• New Leipziger Straße - Schönebecker road ( realization 2013-2016 )
• And new construction tunnel Hauptbahnhof btw Otto -v.- Guericke -Str. and Damaschkeplatz ( realization 2013-2018 )

The destination network 2019 should look like this in the present state of things: