Trams in Mainz

Mainz tramway network

GT6M tram at Mainz Hauptbahnhof, 2009.
Operation
Locale Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Horsecar era: 1883 (1883)–1904 (1904)
Status Converted to electricity
Operator(s) Mainzer Straßenbahn AG
(1883–1895)
Süddeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (SEG)
(1895–1904)
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Propulsion system(s) Horses
Steam tram era: 1891 (1891)–1923 (1923)
Status Converted to electricity
Operator(s) Süddeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (SEG)
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Propulsion system(s) Steam
Electric tram era: since 1904 (1904)
Status Operational
Lines 3
Owner(s) City of Mainz (since 1904)
Operator(s) Mainzer Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG) (since 2001)
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Propulsion system(s) Electricity
Electrification 600 V DC
Depot(s) 1
Stock 29
Track length (total) ca. 12.5 mi
Mainz tramway network
Mainz tramway network.
Website Mainzer Verkehrsgesellschaft (German)

The Mainz tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Mainz) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Mainz, the capital city of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Opened in 1883, the network has been operated since 2001 by Mainzer Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG).

Lines

As of 2011, the Mainz tramway network had the following three tram lines:

Line Route
50 Hechtsheim/Bürgerhaus ↔ Hechtsheim/Mühldreieck ↔ Hechtsheim/Jägerhaus ↔ Mainz/Pariser Tor ↔ Mainz/Hauptbahnhof ↔ Mombach/Turmstraße (Haltepunkt Waggonfabrik) ↔ Gonsenheim/Kapellenstraße ↔ Finthen/Gemarkungsgrenze ↔ Finthen/Römerquelle
51 Hechtsheim/Bürgerhaus ↔ Hechtsheim/Mühldreieck ↔ Hechtsheim/Jägerhaus ↔ Mainz/Pariser Tor ↔ Mainz/Hauptbahnhof ↔ Mombach/Turmstraße (Bahnhof Waggonfabrik) ↔ Gonsenheim/Kapellenstraße ↔ Finthen/Gemarkungsgrenze ↔ Finthen/Poststraße (after the opening of line 53 line 51 will lead from Finthen to Lerchenberg)
51a Zollhafen ↔ Bismarckplatz ↔ Mainz Hauptbahnhof ↔ Hauptbahnhof West ↔ Universität (planned)
52 Hechtsheim/Am Schinnergraben ↔ Hechtsheim/Jägerhaus ↔ Mainz/Pariser Tor ↔ Mainz/Hauptbahnhof ↔ Mainz/Zahlbach ↔ Bretzenheim/Bahnstraße
53 Hechtsheim/Bürgerhaus ↔ Hechtsheim/Mühldreieck ↔ Hechtsheim/Jägerhaus ↔ Mainz/Pariser Tor ↔ Mainz/Hauptbahnhof ↔ Universität ↔ Lerchenberg (under construction)

Currently there is a new line under construction. From autumn 2016 the new "Mainzelbahn" will transport passengers from Hauptbahnhof West (main station, west entrance) via University and Marienborn to Lerchenberg and offer a fast connection between the Main Station and the University as well as the headquarter of ZDF ("Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen", a public television channel in Germany) in the district of Lerchenberg. Further a new linie is planned. The "Zollhafen Tram" will link the new Zollhafen residential area with the Tram Network. For operating the new lines MVG ordered 10 more Variotrams at Stadler rail.[1]

Fleet

Manufacturer Type Quantity Numbers built in low-floor vehicle Notes
Duewag / Siemens M8S 4 277–280 1975 no bought in 1987/89 from Bielefeld Stadtbahn; retirement planned due to the delivery of the new Variotrams
Duewag / Siemens M8C 6 271–276 1984 no modernisation at ceglec in Prague
Adtranz GT6M-ZR 16 201–216 1996 yes
Stadler Rail Variobahn 9 217–223 2011/12 yes ten further ordered for operating the new Mainzelbahn and Zollhafentram

See also

References

  1. ↑
  • Herbst, Günther (2008). 125 Jahre Mainzer Straßenbahn 1883 – 2008: Die letzten 14 Jahre 1994 – 2008 [125 Years Mainz Tramway 1883 – 2008: the last 14 years 1994 – 2008] (in German). 
  • Huber, Wilhelm (2002). Das Mainz-Lexicon [The Mainz-Lexicon] (in German). Mainz: Verlag Hermann Schmidt. ISBN 3-87439-600-2. 
  • Kochems, Michael; Höltge, Dieter (2011). Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland [Tramways and Stadtbahnen in Germany] (in German). Band 12: Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland [Volume 2: Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland]. Freiburg i. B., Germany: EK-Verlag. ISBN 9783882553932. 
  • Neise, Harald (1983). Mainz und seine Straßenbahn 1883 – 1983 [Mainz and its Tramway 1883 – 1983] (in German). Kohlhammer. 
  • Neise, Harald (1994). 111 Jahre Mainzer öffentlicher Personennahverkehr 1883 – 1994 [111 Years Mainz local public transport 1883 – 1994] (in German). 
  • Neise, Harald; Weismüller, Dirk, eds. (3 July 2004). Wenn der Funke überspringt [When the sparks jump!] (in German). Mainz: Mainzer Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH. 
  • Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. pp. 100–101. ISBN 9783936573336. 

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Coordinates: 50°00′N 08°16′E / 50.000°N 8.267°E / 50.000; 8.267

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