Trams in Schwerin
The tram Schwerin is the main contributor of public transport in Schwerin. Schwerin tram network today covers a distance 21 kilometers, on which run four lines. Forerunner of today's tram was a horse-drawn railway, which was opened in 1881. The tram is operated by the transport Schwerin GmbH.
History
1881 took the first horse-drawn tram Schwerin their operation on two routes. Just four years later, she was reinstated because Unreabilität. In 1906, drove the first bus in regular service. Even this did not pay and you set a few months the operation again. On December 1, in 1908 the electric tram service was inaugurated. A railcar wagon Wismar year of manufacture 1926, the number 26 was restored in 2001 /2003 and goes on special occasions as tradition cars.
In April 1945, the old tram depot was hit in Wall Street during an air raid. In this case, all train and tram sidecar, were located up to four in use, damaged or destroyed. Already on May 1, 1946, however, the transport could resume driving again.
In all trams for ticket sales took a conductor until 1968, the schaffner free operation has been introduced. In the 1960s, have been established (except Werderstraße ) turning loops at all terminals.
From the 1960s Schwerin grew rapidly. This fact was ( opened in 1969 ) with the construction of new tram lines in the districts newly created after Lankow in the north west, the Great Dreesch in the Southeast (1974, extended 1984), and taken into account to New Pampow in the Southwest (1979). In September 1969, the winding path set by the Schelfstadt to Werderstraße, in April 1977, the forest railway line to Zippendorf.
In the early 1970s broke the tram service to a new era. The old broad types Gotha and Reko were replaced from 1973 by the so-called Tatra cars. The last pre-war car was parked in 1972, the last ride of a car Gotha took place in December 1988. This Tatra cars should dominate the streetscape Schwerin over 30 years.
1976, the foundation stone for a new large depot was placed in the hazel wood. Here spacious workshops, administration building and a substation originated.
In 1996, the depot in the Wall Street final. The rails of the access route were removed years later in the course of construction are the Voßstraße track still remains.
After 41 Tatra train, consisting of engine and Beitriebwagen, and 20 sidecar in the years 1991-1995 had been modernized to type T3DC, they were in the years 2001 to 2003 replaced by 30 low-floor articulated tram cars from Bombardier, type designation SN 2001. The last line travel of a Tatra train was held with the car 144-244 on 13 February 2004. The cars were sold to Daugavpils, Dnipropetrovsk, Almaty and Tula.
Line network
1908
The electrical operation began in December 1908 with the following lines:
- ( 1) Old Garden - Lübeckerstraße,
- ( 2) Cemetery - Marienplatz - Werderstraße and
- (3 ) Train station - Marienplatz - Swiss House.
1949
Reopening Werder web
- ( 1) Sachsenbergstraße - Lenin Square - Zippendorf
- ( 2) Cemetery - Lenin Square - Werderstraße
1989
New lines by urban expansion
- ( 1) KGW - Lenin Square - Berliner Platz
- ( 2) Lankow - Lenin Square - Hegelstraße
- ( 3) Hegelstraße - New Pampow
- ( 4) Lankow - Lenin Square - New Pampow
- (4A ) Place of OdF - Lenin Square - New Pampow
Current
Operating intervals during the day, partly depending on time of day or day of the week:
Possible network extensions
Occasionally, the integration of the relatively close to town extending railway lines will be discussed after Rehna Parchim and the Karlsruhe model.
According to the land use plan of the city of Schwerin following line extensions could be made: Hegelstraße - Consrade, Rahlstedter street - Lankower triangle, clinics large Medewege, Krebsförden - Bleicherufer - place youth. Sensibly, the 1.5 km long connecting Waldfriedhof - Krebsförden appears ( Seven Lakes Park), whose construction will not seriously pursued.
In summer 2007 the turning loop Bertha Klingberg Square to link the Federal Horticultural Show 2009 in Schwerin was completed.
Rolling stock
In the years 2001 to 2003, in circulation since 1973 Tatra T3 cars were replaced by 30 low-floor articulated three-piece railcar type SN2001 from the Flexity Classic series from Bombardier. Depending on ridership two coupled cars are occasionally used, so-called double traction. These operations affect Monday to Friday, the line 2 of bis 05:00 clock clock 20:00. The trains are decorated in the colors white, light yellow and blue. However, some cars are partially or fully covered with advertising.
In stock NVS are located next to the car of the type SN2001 even older railcars types Wismar, Gotha and Tatra as tradition cars.